New Beginning

It is heaviness taking flight

The way the body decays

The way elements disintegrate

Like iron to rust

Nothing is wasted

Time makes use of it all

Even the most solid things

Eventually give way

Earth is a goddess, lying awake

Arms outstretched, disheveled

Her limbs aching to receive her lover

Ornaments dangling across her breast

She doesn’t shy away

The beauty of age is the promise

of new beginnings

 ©2023 Clelia Vahni Lewis