Hiraeth

Hiraeth For an island that never was Stuck in the middle Of a raging sea And long lost To those who look for it

A bright white Expansive plain Flooded in thick water

Hiraeth For a long-gone home Looking out into the sea Trying to find What was

Hiraeth For a warm Fire blazing And trees that you Can’t see the top of And skies that You can’t imagine the end of

Hiraeth is a Welsh concept of longing for home. ‘Hiraeth’ is a word which cannot be completely translated, meaning more than solely “missing something” or “missing home.” It implies the meaning of missing a time, an era, or a person — including homesickness for what may not exist any longer

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