In Praise of Earth, To Bless the Space Between Us
Let us thank the Earth
That offers ground for home
And holds our feet firm
To walk in space open
To infinite galaxies. Let us salute the silence
And certainty of mountains:
Their sublime stillness,
Their dream-filled hearts. The wonder of a garden
Trusting the first warmth of spring
Until its black infinity of cells
Becomes charged with dream;
Then the silent, slow nurture
Of the seed’s self, coaxing it
To trust the act of death. The humility of the Earth
That t