Gerbils in Hats
(day 17)
Month: May 2011
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I am the seed
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"I know you've been waiting a long time" she tells me.
"the cold and gray days seem to last forever and the nights feel so long"
"you twist up in little knots like this"
"you cast your shell upon the ground"
"you curve around yourself and think about the passing of time"
"your heart is delicate, like so many tiny buds"
"but have patience" she tells me
"here it comes now"
"if you place your cheek there in the soil you can feel the way the roots move, the way the soil gives,
you can feel the green tugging at your heart, pulling the cord, warming the vein."
"you can feel the green running through you"
"it runs through you like it runs through your mother, her hands in the soil,
her fingers tugging at the roots. her heart is the seed"
yes, I can feel it.
my heart is the seed.
yes.
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