This poem is an artwork of resilience, turning fracture into foundation. Through imagery of glass, rivers, and fire, it shows how belonging is not given but discovered within. It transforms silence and ache into proof of survival, declaring that identity and worth are not borrowed but inherent. In echoing the theme ‘I belong,’ it embodies the truth that we are not defined by exclusion or collapse, but by the roots, light, and voice we carry inside—unshakable, inevitable, and wholly our own.
