The Earth is not Round

The Earth is not Round

The earth is not round. It is

all around.

The hawk soars above you.
Try as you might

you can't do what he does. You

will never see as he sees.

You can fly, yes, and you can

look down from on high

but it's different from the window of a plane,

the top of a tower. These are only

attempts to reach

the type of freedom

he was born with.

But don't envy the hawk. Better to

cast your hand

into the soil. This you can do.

The earth is cool

rich

deep. It is here

that you can plant

something.

It is here

where you can nurture

the tiny seed into

a vine that runs across

carefully manicured lawns

like a wild woman,

succulent and beautiful,

making you wonder why anyone ever thought

that a patch of earth

would look better tame.

No, don't envy the hawk.

His wings grow tired from soaring

and hunting

...always hunting. Rather

remember that you, too, can fly

but he can only drag

a talon through the dirt. He can't

plant seeds
that bear fruit.

From above

he watches you

cast seeds into the womb of the earth.

Always hunting,

he watches

as your garden grows.

She Walks Two Worlds, painting by Amy L. Alley
The Earth is not Round copyrighted 2012 by Amy L. Alley