#bloodroot

It's an earth song,

And I've been waiting long for an earth song.

It's a spring song,

And I've been waiting long for a spring song.

Strong as the shoots of a new plant

Strong as the bursting of new buds

Strong as the coming of the first child from its mother's womb.

It's an earth song,

A body song,

A spring song,

I have been waiting long for this spring song.

An Earth Song, Langston Hughes

Photos from the Mon River Trail, where the Earth sang her spring song oh so beautifully this morning.

Meanwhile the world’s still doing spring like nothing’s happening. There was sunlight on the forest floor today, and the sounds of birds

welcoming themselves home to another place they still belong. My fear found no corroboration in the old growth Douglas firs, who seemed

as steady as ever. Not even the swarms of little hemlocks clawing towards the light echoed my alarm. They all just let me be there

with all the hornets buzzing in my chest. Some mirrors are big enough to show you how even the end of the world really isn’t.