Here is my entry for this week's Killer Poetry Contest, which is also the first in my "Daily Poem" series.

Check out this cool poetry contest, hosted by @rumplestiltskin! Follow the link to enter, read, and support poetry on Steemit: https://steemit.com/killerpoetry/@rumplestiltskin/rumplestiltskin-s-killer-poetry-contest-round-18

Welcome

Familiarity
And belonging
Are two very different things.
You can have your favorite straitjacket
That seat on the bus you always go to
Insults worn so smooth
Through repetitive use
That their meaning is blunted.
You can stand in the corner
Facing the wall
And think about what you've done
And it can be comforting
same as yesterday
And most likely tomorrow.
But when you start to get an inkling
Of where you belong
It can be like boarding a spaceship
And traveling
Across the inky black ocean
In which stars
Meteors
Comets
Black holes and quasars
Swim like fish
And arriving
On a completely different
Fucking
Planet
And thinking:
I'm home

©2018 Bennett Italia