Rootlessness
Hesse’s Inspiration for those of us who wander
Hermann Hesse, reading
If we accept a home of our making,
Familiar habit makes for indolence.
We must prepare for parting and leave-taking
Or else remain the slaves of permanence.
— Hermann Hesse
There are some of us who wonder if we’ll ever stop moving.
There are those of us who wonder why there’s never been a home.
We’ve chosen the harder path, listless souls doomed to roam.