body

i hid one day

up a koppie

near my home

it was warm

and my feet

tired of hills

became slow

i looked for a place

a rock on which

to rest

i found a blue stone

and fell back

supine, body to

the ancient mass

i felt the ground

resist my self

my skin between

me and the core

and lay back

astonished

warmth like this

is rare, i thought

and like a seed

upon the fresh soil

became a man again

body to body

earth to earth

dust to dust