All books should be reviewed this way by Patti Smith, just sayin’

“I Said I’m Here”
belonging ain’t granted—
it’s claimed,
in the echo of footsteps
no one wanted to hear.

it’s the fire you carry
through rooms built to freeze you,
the truth you speak
even when it breaks the table.

you belong
because you are,
not because they agree.
©️MustafaSantiagoAl #Poetry