The Earth Speaks

The earth is what I speak to when
I do not understand my life…
The earth answers me with the same song
that it sang for my fathers when
their tears covered up the sun.
The earth sings a song of gladness.
The earth sings a song of praise.
The earth rises up and laughs at me
each time that I forget
how spring begins with winter
and death begins with birth.

~Nancy Wood