Earth is My Home

Feeling solid, stable, beneath my feet,

some say the earth spins and soars in the void.

Here, near the Great Lakes, I have made my home

near Erie and St. Claire, then Michigan.

Dirt and rock and salted water, with a

thin layer of air. Iron at the core.

This is where home is.

Home is here on Earth.

Cities dot the surface of the land

while arbitrary lines and squiggles define

nations and states, forcing allegiance on

heterogeneous populations.

It’s a lost cause these days.

Earth is now home.

Published by

Shona

Engineering consultant by day, science fiction writer in off hours.

5 thoughts on “Earth is My Home”

  1. A little nostalgia mixes well with philosophy and the harder edge of the times we live in! It read well at MMWG but even better the 2nd time through. I REALLY like this one!❤️

  2. It’s a lost cause there days?
    Au contraire mon aimee!
    Is there no ambiguous outcome?
    Unclear moral?
    Where is my fave scientist?
    Consider employing creative juices to motivate positive change… flap those exquisite morning cloak wings, fly
    Hope

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