Earth Whispers
The grief I feel in my bones
is not unfamiliar
Watching the trees parch in drought
and the sea choking upon itself
It is how I have walked
since age 10
When you have a sister
your DNA is woven together
You hold a piece of each other
and when she is gone
So is a part of you
Is that how you feel?
I ask the earth mother
laying with her quietly in a meadow
yes, the wind in the grass whispers
yes, the soil hums beneath my fingers
yes, the insects march along my hair
I feel the youth of the earth
and its age
the weariness
from growing up too fast
we weep together
losing pieces of ourselves
slowly, out of our
control
sisters, elders, kin
we all share one life
no beginning or end
I weep as the sun sets on the day
offering what comfort I can
as the earth holds me
no matter how much we lose
we hold each other