Earth Sign

[Guest guest]

I am an earth sign, concealed in the constellation Virgo,

I am by nature, a habit of seed and seedling,

I am the cohabitation of death and destruction

In its greening, in its embering,

A twilight of stars, as they fall to earth,

A vision of scarcity and plentitude,

 

I love my earth, my garden, my hallowed grounds,

I walk these distances between the spaces of my

Heart, but I am more than this I am a Poet and

Mother, I offer nothing in lieu of myself,

For I am is all I have,

 

My weeping cherry tree has golden leaves,

The dogwoods are red, and my Chinese maple

Is a burning bush, brandishing words I

Must listen to, or else I would be as my tri-coloured

Beech, these leaves do not change, they dry and

Sometimes fall, sometimes displaced by the greening

Of and in Springtime

 

My children have cut the limbs of my larch-like bush that,

Grew into a tree, with plumes of the softest pink flowers,

For their own reasons, I shall miss these flowers, these

Remind me of palm trees in bloom,

Of an image broken in half

 

I have carried my deep orange-red and

Double flowered melon hibiscus in for the winter,

Ohio winter-cold zones must be taken into consideration

When planting seeds or trees

 

 

 

 

Love and peace,

Ana