June 27: Sometimes It’s Easy to Miss the Land
By Toni Spencer
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the land
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the land
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the land
Get up, get dressed, catch the bus, do the work
Wind down on an evening on Facebook
Reading poems about wild places
Sometimes it’s easy to miss the land
Get up, get dressed, catch the bus, do the work
Wind down on an evening on Facebook
Reading poems about wild places
And signing my name to save the environment
And all day, I managed to miss this land completely
Sometimes it’s so easy to miss the land
Walk on by, drive on through, gaze out and over
But never quite say hello
Never quite lean in to the scents of this land
The scent that is made when this body meets this body
Sometimes I realize how much I miss the land
Sometimes I realize how much I miss the land
As one who was never taught in word or deed, that this is my home
I find I can miss what’s right under my feet