I Am Earth Mother

I’d write you a poem,
If I knew where I stood,
If I could think of something
That might not be wrong.
On such a short meeting
To feel so much –
To care about you with such
Small hope of return.
But Earth Mother overcomes.
I shall be here.
I shan’t wait for you.
I shall come to you,
To care.

(c) 1972 Salle Hayden