Swaddled in silky cloud
Upon a bed of supple grasses and pine
Earth
Cradle of my being
Tag: Earth
Curvature of the Earth
I remind myself
That this Earth
Is but a small globe
That this Earth
Is but a small globe
Spinning and spinning
In infinite space
And I no more than a mote
A sprinkling of star dust
Coalesced in flesh and bone
Which one day woke up
Asking questions about
The universe and itself
Is there more than that?
I may never know
Perhaps I simply forgot
Earth Day
The Moon reminds me
How friendly Earth is
To me and those I love
To all life
How friendly Earth is
To me and those I love
To all life
But friendship has its limits
The Earth has only so much to offer
So it’s time to be a better friend
Give something back in return
Steady in the Wind
I recall the wind
Insistent
Pummeling
Leaning into it
Just to stand upright
Insistent
Pummeling
Leaning into it
Just to stand upright
I recall the sun
Hard
And hot
Burning through
The cold air coursing
I recall the sea
Singing
Its white noise crescendo
The roar
Of a planet alive
I recall this moment
Blissfully
Unattached
Firmly rooted to ground
In the grip of experience
Vertical ~ Pic and a Word Challenge #139
I reach
Ever higher
To catch the wind
To touch the sky
To vouch for god
Ever higher
To catch the wind
To touch the sky
To vouch for god
Never leaving the earth
But detached from it
Gone from ground
I reach
Beyond myself
Flutter in the wind
Adrift in the sky
Lost to god
For Earth Day
When the moon and planets align
In the darkness that is not yet night
I am reminded that this home
This Earth
Is one preciously small orb
In a vastness sporadically dotted
With preciously small orbs
An infinitesimal in the infinite
Just like me
And I rejoice
In just how perfect that is
In the darkness that is not yet night
I am reminded that this home
This Earth
Is one preciously small orb
In a vastness sporadically dotted
With preciously small orbs
An infinitesimal in the infinite
Just like me
And I rejoice
In just how perfect that is
A Helical Spiral of Indeterminate Tense
The sun is just a star
We chose to father us
The moon, our mother
Illuminates the night
And whispers lullabies
To soothe us
When the darkness
Frightens us
We chose to father us
The moon, our mother
Illuminates the night
And whispers lullabies
To soothe us
When the darkness
Frightens us
The Earth
Our home
Bedrock beneath
Space above
But solid ground
Spins us round
Cycles of life
Always turning
Earth
Every now and again
Landscape and sky
Conspire to remind
Landscape and sky
Conspire to remind
I exist
On a speck
Of rock
In an expanse
Of space
Dotted
Here and there
With other
Little specks
Dreaming of Space
I soar in the space
Between three globes
Between three globes
One below
One above
One beyond
And I wonder
At the span
In time
In distance
In possibility
While beginning
To descend
Knowing that time
And distance
Conspire
Against
Possibility
Back to Earth
Dreaming of space
In another time
Some Distant Sunset
The heat
Of some distant sunset
Ignites steel rails
Red and yellow hot
Of some distant sunset
Ignites steel rails
Red and yellow hot
While light breezes
Shimmer on the sea
Settling snow to Earth
From branch and bough
Where it once rested
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