written 3/31/21
i was afraid to go outside
into nature
we were so estranged
that i had begun to objectify her
as just something i used to love
a love lost in grief
collateral damage
today i reintroduced myself
and remembered
she is a woman
who has borne a million losses
and flowered again
seen a thousand sunsets
and dawned anew
absorbed the blood of a thousand generations
and birthed the next
i touched her
and she spoke to me
healing