Sense of Belonging:--A Double Sonnet.

Sense of Belonging:--A Double Sonnet.

Is belonging  synonymous of permanence.
The earth belongs to the universe.
The sun the moon and the stars belong to the skies.
All living beings belong to their mothers.
When a baby beautifully clings to its mother,
It is the mother's belonging,as matter and spirit.
Growing up  changes the pattern and form of belonging.
And who belongs to whom, bids for preferential modes,
Matching the way and the place, where one grows up.
Between man and woman,who belongs to whom,
Becomes either a contract or point of contention.
Delightful togetherness is bilateral belonging.
But dependence makes being together,a blight,
Making us doubt if belonging is wrong or right.

Is sense of belonging just an illusion?
Some say,nothing belongs anywhere,to anything.
Even the air we breathe in and out, does not belong to us.
If the air belongs to the winds, where do the winds belong to.
What we think we own here, is at Time's mercy.
Even what belongs to time, does not belong to it at all times.
All things fall as the leaves and flowers from the plants and trees.
The size of the moon does not always belong to it,
So do the light and heat of the sun,getting stunted
By the temerity of rain-fooling clouds,raiding the skies.
The eclipses of the sun and the moon are like a sudden coup.
All this shows that belonging is a betraying concept.
Then why this sad, senseless longing, for a sense of belonging,
When all that bound us all together, was a transitory thronging.
                                                                                   P.Chandrasekaran.