Today i had to dig
all day
dig, dig, dig
my shoulders, they screamed, yelped: please stop
my palms, they broke open: bleeding with blisters
my mind, she begged and yelled and manipulated and gambled: stop, slide the dirt back in, it’s so much easier to leave the earth unchanged
Today I dug and dug and dug, even when it was hard, even when I was certain I should stop and turn around, go back into my air-conditioned house
I dug
For building a new foundation is bleeding, sweating, painful, courageous work.
