EARTH

Born in the bowels
Of a greater body
I drop to the ground
Steaming
Nourishing the earth

For the lilies
I shall bear my mother

I shall love my lover
I shall keep my brother
All and all again
Same and same again
Till I remember you

Born on your tender lips
I heard a greater word
That left no separateness
For my consciousness,
Between my eyes and skies

No need for good byes
Nor for a death foretold