Hello, how are you doing? Toward the middle of the homelessness of me and Ming, I wrote this poem The Earth is My Home.
It’s important to me because it speaks exactly what I was feeling at the time–a clear delivery from Mother God. It’s about home, putting love at the center of well-being, and having nothing to lose. Please enjoy this poem.
the earth is my home
I don’t have fever today.
I don’t have cancer that I know of.
both my parents are dead,
so they can’t die.
I don’t have any children,
so my children cannot be taken from me.
I don’t have a home,
so I can’t lose my housing.
I have no valuable jewelry,
so it cannot be stolen.
I have no fortune to be
cheated out of or lost.
I have no property
to be polluted.
I have no van to break down
and need to get fixed at high cost.
I have no job to be fired from.
as you can notice from this list
and the life I choose,
all I have is love.
I have nothing to lose.
all I have is freedom.
it can’t be taken from me.
I never had sanity.
all I have is time.
I can’t be fully imprisoned–
I’m free in my mind.
all I have is love.
love is more than enough.
I’m so rich it’s funny.
there’s no way to tax me.
I have no money.
this tree I rest beside is priceless.
I love my own fat body.
the earth is my home.
I have everything.
I have love.
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I recorded myself reading The Earth is My Home. Then I uploaded it to youtube.
Please view and share. There are some distant clattering sounds from dishes being put away in the kitchen. But I think it’s ok.
Thank you to technology. And thank you for wanting to hear my truth.
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