That little line –
seemingly inconspicuous
a connection across two cultures.
Two continents
In reality more of an awkward break,
an irreconcilable void ocean wide,
an empty ache and eternal non-belonging.
What land does my soul cry for in its homesickness?
Of This Earth 
Wonderful ♥️
Thank you Caleb
So powerful Dinali! (Another friend says she lives on the hyphen in American-Australian.)
Thanks Nicky. Living on the hyphen is a good way of putting it. xx
Ooh… this hurts deep in the visceral layer of my being. Thank you for naming this so powerfully. Suddenly makes sense of the recurring uncomfortable dream I have of panic when I have sold my home and moved on, deeply regretting the decision soon after… only to wake with a flood of relief I am still here in my little house in Adelaide where I have literally put down thousands of roots… my garden family holding me tentatively to a sense of place.
That it beautiful that you garden family gives you that sense of connection and holding. Thank you for sharing
Ooh – that hurts deep in my visceral being. Thank you for capturing the feeling so powerfully. Suddenly makes sense of a recurring dream I have of moving on from my current home and then being overwhelmed with panic and regret, trying everything to reclaim it… waking with a huge sense of relief that it was just a dream. I have literally put down thousands of roots here that provide me with a tenuous sense of belonging to a place but so fragile….