“Nostos”

Selves as homelands

Photo by Владимир Парадный: Pexels

According to my criteria, the following text — the one after the notes — is not exactly a poem.
It could have been written in paragraphs, but it preferred to develop more in height than in width.

Yes, I let it decide for itself. I wanted it to be free.

Notes about specific Greek words that are used in the text

nostos (nóstos)[a Homeric word] = returning to the homeland, homecoming
algos álgos (ἄλγος) = pain, sorrow, or despair

So, the etymology of “nostalgia” is: nostos (nóstos) = returning to the homeland, homecoming + algos (álgos) = pain, sorrow, or despair; pain due to being away from the homeland.
Of course, “nostalgia” is also used in modern Greek in its most widely known meaning; to denote the feeling manifested by a longing for the past, usually for a period of pleasant memories

homoousion: from the word ὁμοούσιον (homooúsion) = same in being, same in essence < = ὁμός (homós) = same + οὐσία (ousía) = being, essence, substance

It is like nostos;
returning to your homeland
after years of breathing in a foreign climate.
Your spiral route meets
the one of someone else’s;
someone whose inner ecosystem
is expanded to the same extent,
someone of the same substance,
who is also…