Serengeti

a boy
walks a Serengeti plain
dust awakens
the flesh of feet
greet the earth of home

small worlds behind him
moistened wonder
potential
sweat from his torso
drips and infuses
the dust of parent earth

the body
tattered
the spirit
whole

he pauses
spirit expands
body traverses the Serengeti
soul spans it

he says thanks
to the sun
acknowledges it’s power
appreciates the sun
it provides freely

the boy knows
the power of the sun
is not energy it contains
but energy it gives
the power is the gift
the power of Love

the boy gratefully accepts
this gift from the sun
gratefulness
acceptance
the gift he gives back

embraced by power
bathing
rejoicing
it becomes him
he grows
by the rays

this power was the sun
now part of the boy
in every drop of the sweat
given freely
to the earth

the boy is complete
the power of the sun
in the fruits of the field
in the animals of the plain
in the dust of his parent

he has consumed
their energy has become he

what were things of flesh and soil
manifested in him
as spirit
when his flesh stops
spirit will not
he has become
part of the true source
the power
the sun