fireflies and stuff

the other day, i was sitting under the apple tree in our yard. sena and aiyana were both napping. the sun was shining, and i was in the shade. as i felt myself relax, i slowly started to become overwhelmed by the beauty of everything around me, by how good it felt to just be.
so i had to write a few words...here they are:

(You came to me)

i was waiting
i was pleading with you to let me see you
and then you came

you came to me as
fireflies last night
i could see you from my bed

you came to me as
three hungry bird chicks,
in a nest,
in the tree above my head -
i can see them right now
waiting hungrily, beaks open.

you came to me -
a spider tickiling my neck

you came to me
i love you

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and here's some more:

(my great love)

i love you
i am alive
superbly alive
ecstasy - over the top
nature drives me crazy
i want to hug the earth,
melt into the dirt
(one day i will)

each cell, each fiber of my body
alive to the touch, the kiss
of wind and water
of the seasons.

when i cry, i wail
when i laugh, my belly shakes
i eat my fill of you
but i am always hungry
hungry for each moment
for each detail to be lived
in its own way, for its own sake

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(i worship)

i worship the dirt under my bare feet
i worship the insect walking on my bare arm
i worship the fly buzzing over my food

i worship the beetle hiding in its hole
i worship the sound of rustling leaves
i worship the song of birds
i worship the creaking of crickets
i worship the feeling of wind on bare skin

i worship this body that came from dirt,
through a long line of mothers,
and will one day soon be dirt again.

i worship the dirt on your feet
i worship this blissful feeling
i worship all of This.

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peace