Ode to Mother Earth

My feet work fast

My head in the air

Thoughts flying in all directions

Eyes observing everything there

Body wearing out with action

Working, thinking even in inaction

Adding burdens but carrying on

Wanting wings to fly anon

I rest on the floor 

At the end of a weary day
Oblivious to the caring Earth's love 

Coming my way

The mind involved

Day in and day out

Catching my breath

Calculating the steps

  

The birds sing

The bees hum

The trees bloom

Bearing apples and plum

Colour splashes

Light and shadow play

The world is abuzz

But I am too frayed

Unmindful, past caring

Living and yet not

Ticking off lists

Running like an automaton

How long can I stand

On my own will?

Weary, I drop

To catch a few breaths 

In that state

Of being and not  

The mind asleep

But a little aware

I feel your love 

Seeping through

I drop all burdens

And feel restful

Like a teenager

Turning away 

From mother's love 

Only to seek it later

I return to your fold

Refreshed, reformed

Contrite about the lost years

Wholeheartedly I surrender

I walk light-footed

I hear the birds sing

The bees hum

The flowers bloom  

I see the world 

With new eyes

And feel elixir

Flow through my veins

The spring in the step

The joy in my heart

The secrets revealed

In heart-to-heart

When I touch you

With a bowed head

I hear you whisper

Loving and kind words

May I always 

Know this joy

May I always

Be one with your ways.