Ella Fairbairn

Wasteland 

I am from everywhere 

                                        Nowhere 

The song of my people is Babel 

             I am a mountain mermaid 

                          A jungle polar bear. 

                                        A soaring pufferfish.  

I am out of place everywhere 

                                                                    I am always home.  

I hear the voices of my parents 

They are so tied to hearth and home 

                                                                                 comfortable 

                                                                    Were they once so unsettled? 

I belong in all this world  

Every desert, every waterfall. 

 

      I live in the valley of longing, I rest in the desert of desire. I have an ancient soul 

             That wanders through the earth 

In the trees 

                                                                     wind 

                         waves 

                                                                                                                valleys 

                                                        Wasteland  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When will I reach home

 

 

Ella Fairbairn is an Equine Training and Creative Writing major at Asbury University. She enjoys spending time in nature and using what she learns there to improve her creative writing. She hopes her writing may be a blessing to her readers, and will encourage them to likewise spend time outside in the beauty of the natural world.