There's a long thread,
as strong as steel cables,
tying me to the place
where I was born,
where I grew up,
where I spent almost
all my life.
What force can break
that thread?
Distance won't destroy
what time built.
But time can destroy
its own work—
for no single person
can be tied to different places,
and so every new cable
is built from the last.
Apr 12
Apr 12, 2026 at 5:02 AM UTC
There's a long thread,
as strong as steel cables,
tying me to the place
where I was born,
where I grew up,
where I spent almost
all my life.
What force can break
that thread?
Distance won't destroy
what time built.
But time can destroy
its own work—
for no single person
can be tied to different places,
and so every new cable
is built from the last.
"Heimat" is a German word meaning "a place towards which one has a strong feeling of belonging, and (usually) a deep-rooted fondness"
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Copyright: Shattentraumer, 2026. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). Original: https://hellopoetry.com/poems/5289755/heimat
