Bury me here among
the trees and let the roots
entwine my body and take from
me all they need; and let me
be in the earth again as parts
flowing out to the whole.
For I am not apart or separate from the earth,
not above it or below: just a creature
among creatures, of the same substance,
forever earthen like the pot from which
I eat and the mud that makes the brick.
15/7/2021