Earth, isn’t this what you want?
To arise in us.
Invisible.
Is it not your dream to enter us so wholly there’s nothing left outside us to see?
What, if not transformation, is your deepest purpose?
Earth, my love, I want that too.
Believe me.
No more of your springtimes are needed to win me over.
Even one flower is more than enough.
Before I was named, I belonged to you.
I seek no other law than yours and know I can trust the death you will bring.
See… I live.
On what? Childhood and future are equally present.
Sheer abundance of being floods my heart.
-Rilke, translation of the ninth dueno elegy by the incredible Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows
Thank you Rilke, Joanna and Anita.
Happy Earth Month all you bunnies in your bunny suits. Now go get dressed for the weather and play outside.