Return To Earth

She bared her skin, again

But not before looking ‘round.

She dug her toes to bury her skin

Deep down in fertile ground

Cool black soil her transient refuge

She melted in earth’s nurturing embrace

She leaned back her head and closed her eyes

To forget her ugly face

She did not seek comfort there

For she knew

She would bleed

She would burst

She would ache

She would twitch

And turn

And in the end

‘Tis her own blood she would taste

She took root to release

all she held inside

to remember how to breathe,

Slow and deep with a thousand tears

It was her soul that she was there to feed

Earth spoke to her

Take rest dear child

I’ve awaited your return

It seems like a thousand years

I won’t leave your side

You’ve nothing to hide

Your ascension will be greater than all your fears

~Tajmah Allison