earth

snow has retreated.
no more grey crusts of hard ice.
winter’s changing mood.

there’s a road to health.
a stream to awakened eyes.
a trail through nature.

gravestone aliens.
pillars of sand to the sky.
align compass north.

upon the cliff face
a nimble hoofed boulder jumps.
free from bloody claw.

in the flower i find
life’s mysteries blossoming.
riddles unwrapping.
puzzles self-solving.

where once there was darkness
now there’s only light.
my life before, lived in night.
like a dark cataract, a blight.

from the brown earth
sprouts green the envy
of nations for when man unites
we put an end to the fights.

from the burning oil
to the smoke of clarity
like a blinding light
clear like alacrity.

when all the world finds peace.
the brotherhood of man released.
from a higher understanding
born from the womb of kali.
call her magu, the name just as sweet.

we all are green thumbs
the only way we become
parts greater by the sum.

i taste the sweet air.
sharp as tart cherries in spring.
red of tooth and maw.