Take me to the earth

to reimburse all hurt;

flowers, ferns lurk and flirt

with the hem of my pants;

oh, let me be a plant

or one with clans of ants

and join in the ever-entranced dance

of pointless things that breathe,

and I’ll sway with the trees;

green leaves hush the breeze;

sun beams fracture beneath my feet

until imminent night,

then I’ll join the sky;

blazing, bold star, my

bright light flies high nigh,

and plummeting, I return.

Take me to the earth.