Lightning-boiled, roiled
clouds and con-thunder-cussed
air, & down here twisted wind
drives cars and houses into trees.
However Earth is calm. Strata
& old parched channels
rest easy underground. Deep
roots clutch bedrock
& ride the sphere-spin.
Layers of clay and gravel,
lava, sand, loam, and petrified
wood lie together like siblings
camping out. Earth isn't worried.
hans ostrom 2022
