My feet feel an earth drained of her color.
My mind’s eye imagines greens below blue skies.
Roots
Up-ended by weather, pulled from the ground;
decomposition returns you home to the earth.
Mud
The fifth season is mud season.
The earth is liquid with rain and snow melt,
rich with nutrients and brimming with the beginnings of new life.
Magnificent primordial ooze.
Bulbs
Oh daffodil!
Perennial forbearer of Spring,
keeper of faith.
Affection
The earth smiles
when the field is kissed by the sun.
Beautiful Day
A lace of branches
across the painted sky
the world is dressed up
and waiting for time to pass by.
Rock Wall
God is here in this rock wall,
in the mind that planned it, in the hands that made it,
in the earth that holds it, in the rain that will wash it,
in the snow that will gather on it, and the sun that dries it.
Watching
The earth has mushroom eyes
that watch us from the ground,
counting our steps.
