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Shhhhhh.
Can you hear?
Look around...
Can you see?
Breathe....
can you taste her fragrance?
She is speaking...
will you listen...
...listen and remember?
At long last I have come to know you again, my friend.
I knew you when I was small. I remember...
I cupped your cool earth in my hands, digging holes and making mud pies.
I knew the subtleness of your breath on my skin as I lay
under the stars, holding fireflies in the dark.
When did we drift apart, you and I?
As I was growing up I think.
Wasn't it then that I pulled away, forgetting you, thinking life was all about me?
Was it then that I stopped noticing you and began taking from you with not a thought of appreciation or giving back.
Thank you for bringing me back,
slowing me down,
teaching me,
forgiving me.
Now I will teach my children's children to love and honor you, to never forget you.
Perhaps they will do a better job,
perhaps they will live in closer harmony with you throughout their lives.
Perhaps they will take less and give more and strengthen your resources
for a generation to come.
©S. Cooper (earth heart)
I knew you when I was small. I remember...
I cupped your cool earth in my hands, digging holes and making mud pies.
I knew the subtleness of your breath on my skin as I lay
under the stars, holding fireflies in the dark.
When did we drift apart, you and I?
As I was growing up I think.
Wasn't it then that I pulled away, forgetting you, thinking life was all about me?
Was it then that I stopped noticing you and began taking from you with not a thought of appreciation or giving back.
Thank you for bringing me back,
slowing me down,
teaching me,
forgiving me.
Now I will teach my children's children to love and honor you, to never forget you.
Perhaps they will do a better job,
perhaps they will live in closer harmony with you throughout their lives.
Perhaps they will take less and give more and strengthen your resources
for a generation to come.
©S. Cooper (earth heart)
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