Los Elementos
I washed across the stones snatching fragments moss, bacteria, tadpoles I thrust into the River’s bank remembered how the sun glistened in its shallow waters calm, wrinkled with experience. I followed the Wind pointing the way to the next generation wild Fire erupts new life flourishes feeds off the banks. Not concerned about erosion lost in the pollution. Here me now! I am Earth I nurture I reinvent to survive. That’s feminine time. I change the name of things now and forever known as the former’s cousin always forthcoming. Like the Story Teller’s Tale recycled through the years. Everything is old under the sun “You are everything and everything is you” Every life has been lived. I rushing like River’s current to get through this one even when I’m dead I don’t want to be done. SO here I stand with my death valley of words bones poking out, hard as g