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How do I love thee?**
By sharing what we have in common:
air
water
blood
approximations of the same
and our only earth.
How do I love earth?
By holding what holds us so well:
gravity
land- and city-scapes
the endless hum of living—
and change, true change, despite history
that’s recorded in gold by power.
How do I love change?
By living life with what builds it:
bones and ligaments
nerve synapses
vital organs—O!
Take my heart. Rest it against yours.
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)***
*The image above is by Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art:
File:Honoring Mother Earth by Josefina Claudia Martínez Alarzón.jpg
If hope my valentine love song evokes
**Elizabeth Barrett Browning and ***Walt Whitman for you.
My blog poems are rough drafts.
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© 2023 Susan L. Chast
A charm of elements wound by "our only earth" -- a living love poem. Absolutely lovely & lively, Susan. And this "holding what holds us so well:" ... "and change" keeps us revolving into abundance. If the Devouring Ones don't burp it all. Thanks lifting this into the commons, Susan.
ReplyDeleteI love the progression of these how do I's........wonderful. LOVE the closing lines!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYour poem is so full of energy. I agree by sharing and keeping the love in our hearts alive we can work together to heal the earth. Suzanne - Mapping Uncertainty
ReplyDeleteAll of our contradictions, and still...so much to cherish--"multitudes" indeed.
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