Mother Earth

Hold me snugly to the earth,

lift me sweetly to the sky,

root your gnarled fingers deep

into your mother's rich soil.

She suckles you from seedling

to massive cloudscraper.

Now reach, arch,

while gently pulsing breezes

caress your skin and mine.

Let us soak the sun together

in our time and hold me as a mother

to her breast.