Earth

You are

the stillness

beneath the weight

of a thousand footsteps.

*

You don’t

ask for much,

just that we take

care of you throughout

our entire lifespans here.

*

You provide

us with the elements

and minerals, and so on,

necessary for our survival.

*

Sometimes,

you turn on us,

separate our land

with quakes, but who

doesn’t have their bad days?

*

In

the

end,

you keep

us grounded.