Envy

Here is the soft worm

Wrapping her body around the earth

Inhale.

Exhale.

Is this her Joy? Is this the way she shows love

To her Beloved?

And then there is the skydance

Of the Crows

Smooth dips and dives like a hearts swoon

Is this the way they give thanks

To the wind?

This envy!

The worm whispers,

“You too can be soft and slow, see, like this.

Come love the earth with me.”

And the Crow declares, as only a Crow can,

“This is your life. Wide and beautiful.

Take it!”