I stretch
outside
feet soft
on grass
roots grow
deeper.
My fingers,
leaves in
blue sky.
I am imperfect
my thoughts
don’t make sense
my heart
rebels sometimes
I don’t know
how to
love
perfectly
breathe
perfectly.
All the blades
of green life
beneath my feet
are different –
in none is there
symmetry.
I am green,
growing
and my roots
are deep
in this nourishing
earth.
I love
I love
I love
It was a long journey
just to get back
where I started
but the circle
was not without
a point.
A thousand times
I stepped
a thousand times
my feet kissed
the Earth
and she kissed
me back
in rain,
growing the
flower
of my heart
until I
only
knew
love.
I am green
but not with envy
– with ivy
the deep ferns
of a rich, fragrant
forest
the color of oak
leaves
and redwood
needles
I drink deep
and deeper
through new roots
My human body
is not my
real body
my green body
comes awake
You cry for me
but each day
I grow closer
to the sky
my leaves unfurl
and drink in the rich
love of the sun.
I go from pale
to such a vibrant color
you’ve never seen.
Happy New Year to my readers. This poem was inspired by walking in nature (the Cambridge Botanic Gardens) and also reflecting on growth, change, death and what it is- can there be death without something new sprouting? May we all find the green.
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