The Earth is Alive!
Enjoy.... a Gentle Breeze

As the warm afternoon soil rises to meet my outstretched arms,
load-heavy back, and travel-worn legs,
I lean into the sloping hillside, release, and let go.....
The heaviness of my weight welcomed by the steady embrace of grasses,
wildflowers, basalt and ground quartz,
digested by Earth worms of long ago.
The clouds arrange themselves into swirling kamikaze elk
and replicas of towering giraffes.
I breathe in the musky aroma of hay, bark and branches.
With an exhale my life escapes through my lips
and mingles with the golden rays encircling the dancing hummingbirds.
I am still and at peace.
My whole being softly diffuse
in the moment,
the line between what is now,
what was,
and the soil beneath my body melts away.
A misplaced memory of happiness returns to whisper its secrets into my ear
like a gentle breeze,
"Always my love, I am here..."
Ahhhhhhhh--------------------------------
load-heavy back, and travel-worn legs,
I lean into the sloping hillside, release, and let go.....
The heaviness of my weight welcomed by the steady embrace of grasses,
wildflowers, basalt and ground quartz,
digested by Earth worms of long ago.
The clouds arrange themselves into swirling kamikaze elk
and replicas of towering giraffes.
I breathe in the musky aroma of hay, bark and branches.
With an exhale my life escapes through my lips
and mingles with the golden rays encircling the dancing hummingbirds.
I am still and at peace.
My whole being softly diffuse
in the moment,
the line between what is now,
what was,
and the soil beneath my body melts away.
A misplaced memory of happiness returns to whisper its secrets into my ear
like a gentle breeze,
"Always my love, I am here..."
Ahhhhhhhh--------------------------------