April – Elements: Earth

The earth knows
no boundaries
only places
where the land ends
where the ocean starts
where the mountains
hover and where all
look up to the stars

The earth knows
no half-truths she
knows all our secrets
holds all the tears
and when we are gone
in the haunting quiet
our memories will
dissolve into her soil
only to rise again
carbonated in a seed,
a flower or tree,
the scent of all
that was loved,
our joy returned,
recycled,
rebirthed

© Tanya Southey
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