The Good Earth
Today I decided to forgo the proper life
of aduthood… and touch the earth.
I shed the layers of all my adult things
and touched the earth again with reverence.
Today I felt the spell of mother earth as once
I did in my youth when I laid open and trusting
on her beast, asking for nothing, wanting nothing
and choiceless in my wonderment - willing
to accept whatever gifts might come.
Today I touched the earth and felt once more
the healing Balm of Gilead that called me back
to the warm moist soil, where leafy kingdoms
rise and fall, only to rise again in waves of mirth.
Today I touched the earth and asked for nothing.