Taijas Sharma
Remember when you were young
Very young
You buried your hand in the Earth
And picked up a hand full of soil
And put it in your mouth.
From there you knew the taste of Earth.
From then on, you were known
As a son of Earth!
Son of Earth
You were left alone
From a young age
Your little eyes could imagine
Two rat-like beings
At the end of the Earth.
Probably your mother and your father.
Son of Earth
You were not very young
At the age of six.
You had to take care of those
younger than yourself.
Son of Earth
Your mother and your father knew
How you kept yourself
How you looked after
Your small brothers and sisters.
They were not surprised
To see little earth-eaters
Crawling around them,
But it was unbelievable
How you made…
How all of you ignored
Hunger and Death.
Son of Earth
Since then
The Earth feels proud
Of her fertility.
The mother of immortality.
