To Mother Earth From His Earthling Poem by RIC BASTASA

i am away
from you
earth

i am
absorbed
by the
company
of the
clouds

i am light
and drifting
but i am
not lost

i am exploring
you earth
from
a higher
perspective

i cut
my umbilical
cord
like the
string
of the kite

after this
i shall
land to your
bosom
again

but i will not
be you
i will
be as unique
as not
anyone else

to be
separate
is
life

i have
power now
in this
independence


look at me
not with anger
but with
understanding

i come from
you
but i am
not yours