I awoke after dreaming,
early, in my limestone house,
hoo-hoo of the wood pigeons
my alarm call,
light diffused through the upstairs windows
speaks of dawn gone by an hour, maybe
I breathed
in and out
in
out
I had been sleeping Earth Day away
lounging in cotton bedsheets
in cotton t-shirt;
that will not do, I thought,
so I had a drink of crystal clear water,
swung my legs out of bed,
draped my cotton bath robe around me,
feet onto the wooden floor
and I went down the stairs
Across the wool carpeted living room
and onto the bamboo floor kitchen
I walked
To the kettle and turned to fill it up with more
crystal clear water,
then I put coffee in the pot and
a teabag in the cup
and waited
Electricity sparked
and heated and delivered
hot, perfect water
and I walked back up the stairs
to my loved one and my boistrous child,
I opened the curtains and watched
the tree creeper in the silver birch across the road
and the pair of jackdaws in the conifer
We breathed in
and out
some more
while we sipped
Tendrils of spider webs shimmered across the window
and the breeze waved them like the fingers
on Her hands
-“Happy Earth day”
-“How will you mark it?”
By tiny little thank yous
one breath at a time,
perhaps draw Teasel
The gratitude I feel is so close to sorrow
right now
so perhaps
when the Earth catches my tears
She will taste the gratitude in the salty tang
What else could I give Her
when She has given me my life?
Nwyfre 