Earth Anchor

Earth Anchor

I was on my way to meet a friend when I saw it so I put it in the mental ‘pending tray’ and carried on walking, meaning to sit down when I got home and write something about the phrase I’d seen on the bench. Of course, I forgot about it until someone reminded me. “Earth Anchor” it had said on the side of the bench and maybe it was the daffodils arlound its feet that made me think of it as an environmental expression.

What is it that anchors a person/community to the Earth?

We stand barefoot on sacred ground

where bluebells and wild garlic

and vivid green of Spring surrounds

us. So we feel connected.

And that is Beltane’s special treat

that lasts throughout the Summer ~

the chance to feel beneath our feet

the soft grasses and mosses.

When frost-crisped leaves at chill Mabon

offer a scratchy carpet,

we keep our cosy footwear on

but breathe the season in.

Filling our lungs with Autumn’s scents;

our eyes with luscious colours.

We’re tiny parts of an immense

and complex ecosystem.

But if we treat as sacred ground

each inch of it we walk on

and take the time to look around,

to listen, breathe and touch;

then we may feel Earth anchors hold

us safely & securely

to the planet we call home

and feel that we belong here.

Writing time: 45mins.