Crawly Things
Crawly Things
At last I can see and hear those spirits
I should have trusted all along!
I just killed an ant
right beside my chair.
But don't worry,
there are many more.
All around us live
some unseen millions
of tiny crawly things.
Wise voices assure me
these ants and spiders
now wrinkling my brow
and giving me the shivers
may be something more
than they appear to be.
I suppose nothing crawling
could ever fear the soil.
And as I've learned to live with fire
by being gentle with fire,
I may learn to love this Earth
by accepting everything
which comes from Earth.
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
~ Zora Neale Hurston
