Do I Belong To You? – Written Thursday 7th August 2025 (Aged 50)

Do I Belong To You?

Do I belong to you?
Can I…
Can I play in the sandpit?
And get higher on our swings?

Do I belong to you?
I am pieces,
just pieces of things,
things that turn up
like pieces of things that turn up late,
just pieces of things
pieces if things held together with tape.

Do I belong to you?
Can I…
Can I join in?
And be part of it?
Our own ball of string.

Do we,
do we just love everything?
Do I belong to you?
I think I do.

It’s them and us.
A less careful version
of me and you.
What do they actually mean?
Do I belong to you?

James Garratt – 7th August 2025

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