Garden

Gaia tended her garden

As a playful child

She taught spirituality

with the curiosity of a

cliff-hanging “maybe”

Reminding me

Faith is more

than a building

Truth is more

than dressing up Sunday

Gaia

As a loving mother

taught history

with the brevity of a

bed-time story

Reminding me

culture is more

than a shape on a map

Art is more

than the name of a kingdom

I rewrote my address --

I am no longer from a

street or country

I am from Planet Earth,

(and so are you.)