lose the shoes

power is like
having shoes

you can walk
over rough ground
without being hurt

but if
you cannot be hurt
then you cannot be healed
and the secrets
of the earth
will not be revealed
to a person
who stomps
and breaks
and makes
no connection
between the two
between me
and you

winning doesn’t come till the end

the earth has you

these scary
night time noises
mix with the thought
that something
is coming

you turn
you look
you get ready

but you can’t see it
can’t hear it and
as time moves
over the earth
your fear becomes
tired your fists become
hands your gasps become
breathing

you know
the earth
will have you

she had you
the day you were born
like she has you now
as you lie naked
on the ground
held
in the curve
of the earth