Covered in red dirt
with Bumpy the dog close by
I become timeless
and weightless, floating between
yesterday and tomorrow
as I till the earth
and plant food for the future
and the sun will rise
and the winter rains will come,
soon it will be harvest time
and it’s been this way
in all of the earths corners
for everyone, for
all time, planting, harvesting,
countless have sweat before us,
countless will follow
and blood and sweat and teardrops
will fall to the earth
freshly tilled, freshly planted
with life that will sustain us,
it’s all that we need.
We can’t eat plastic and greed
we are of the earth
and the earth provides for us,
but the earth doesn’t need us
the earth is just fine
with weeds and vines growing wild
unkempt, disheveled
we tend the garden so we
can eat all the earth provides
and it’s been this way
since we gathered and hunted
the earth provided
then, just like it does today
just like it will tomorrow
soitgoes1984 