To Live

In a winter sun, among bluestem grass seedheads, I am sitting on the ground, watching two bull elk lying on the ground watching me, we hold each other’s attention, yet not bothered, relaxed, sharing a winter morning, completely silent, at rest, sharing an open space, sharing life, I feel more alive, feeling this is what it is to live, I’m more in touch with the Earth and all its life, from soil to antler, from land to sky, born to die, breathing out, breathing in the calm, feeling the peace in a wild, I am a nature’s child, birthed from Earth to live and return again to the Earth.