perspective (underfoot)

I am growing things

my mud feet
my root fingers
my sunflower stem spine
are common
but not as fragile
as you think

I am quiet but not voiceless

beneath your feet
under your machines
silent does not mean weak

I am stone breaking

you forget how hot
this melted rock blood
I pulse burns

I am earth

how my breath
is ashes falling soft
in quiet snow
that never melts
& smothers cities
with a sigh

I am hungry

remember this mouth
will swallow your bones
in the end

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