Earth

I hurt
I hurt
I hurt
 and so I crawled, wounded
back into the ground,
down
into the warm brown dark
to curl up among the roots
and rest
and remember.
I lay there, breathing
breathing
as it all emptied out
into the ground around me
where it could hurt no one
anymore
nothing
anymore
where it slowly
patiently
with only the sound of the heartbeat around me
could turn back to earth
just simple earth
holding me, cradling me
nourishing
feeding back
into those strong roots
back into the tree above
back into something solid
back into a stronger me
standing in the sun
glorying in the rain on my skin
lifting again
again
again
earth
root
tree
sky
sun
you