Love Letter To The Earth

I want to make deep, 

passionate, 

real, 

unhurried love 

to you, 

beloved Earth,

every day of the rest of my life

I want to lie down on your soft belly and feel you breathe

You are a wild, untameable, woman who will not be rushed

and if I can slow down and listen long enough

I might also gain the courage to go wild

I might hear the myriad secrets that you hold

the thousand daily miracles that you unfold

in every single cell of your magnificent body

I might dare to dance with you

my heart beating time with the timeless heart

of this wild untameable woman who will not be hurried or rushed

I want to slow 

down 

down 

down 

down

down

and really, 

truly, 

madly, 

deeply, 

slowly 

love the Earth

by Bríd Wyldearth 2014

Inspired by http://www.lovelettertotheearth.com/,

what started off as a poem encouraging others to slow down and listen to the Earth and has also metamorphosed into an invitation from Earth and then a statement from me that I want to love her, has at last become what I think she was always intended to be, a love letter from me to the Earth. I am amazed what a difference personal pronouns can make and how long it has taken me to declare my love directly to Earth. It is terrifying to me to declare my love to any being in this way. With humans there is a very real possibility of rejection and even ridicule and shame. With Earth I realise that there is no possibility of rejection. The invitation to love her has been there from the moment I was conceived, waiting for me to notice and listen and accept. This letter is therefore both a declaration and an R.S.V.P.