I love earth
\nfor the sweetness of children.
\nThe inarticulate taste
\nof water.
\nThe roundness of apples.
\nSunshine hiding in the grass
\nlike fire.
\nThe way birds defy gravity.
\nThe gift of stone\u2019s endurance.
\nHow snakes embrace the ground
\nand teach me humility.
\nA strand of grass,
\nan eyelid opening.
\nTouch, for touching someone else.
\nA place inside the heart
\nthat\u2019s always home.
\nI love the earth for sleep,
\nfor waking,
\nfor no accounting of the hours
\nmaking dreams,
\nor skipping stones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love earth for the sweetness of children. The inarticulate taste of water. The roundness of apples. Sunshine hiding in the grass like fire. The…<\/p>\n