Now, I am Alone

"To belong is to feel at home. 'To be at home is to be known...'" -Jill Lepore, a History of Loneliness

To belong is to feel at home, they say.

To be at home is to be known, they say.

Perhaps this is why I call a far away place home. Even when I don't mean to.

I was once known. I did once belong.

I was once home.

Now, I am alone.