Don't Bother The Earth Spirit, Rendering Of A Prose Poem By Joy Harjo Poem by Ravi Kopra
Don't Bother The Earth Spirit, Rendering Of A Prose Poem By Joy Harjo
Don't bother the earth spirit. She
Loves writing delicate changing stories.
She will invite you for a coffee, if you so will
She will give you warm bread so you stay to listen
You will have to endure earthquakes, lightenings, hurricanes
And the death of those you love, the most blinding beauty
That's how she traps you, the spirit of the earth
That's why you never ever want to leave her
See that stone finger over there?
That is the only one who ever escaped.
BY JOY HARJO
Don't bother the earth spirit who lives here. She is working on a story. It is the oldest story in the world and it is delicate, changing. If she sees you watching she will invite you in for coffee, give you warm bread, and you will be obligated to stay and listen. But this is no ordinary story. You will have to endure earthquakes, lightning, the deaths of all those you love, the most blinding beauty. It's a story so compelling you may never want to leave; this is how she traps you. See that stone finger over there? That is the only one who ever escaped.
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