Salad Hands
When I look back at the garden,
I think of my life this way.
My life as a salad.
My life
—as a diverse lettuce type.
My life, as a green heart
chakra under a white
mesh veil,
my life—as something worth
planting.
Worth growing
and devouring. My life
—as a seed cast in dirt
before the nitrogen-rain.
Elizabeth Walton is an Australian writer approaching eco-poetry with a sense of wonder and awe. Elizabeth is presently completing her PhD in creative writing and has been listed and published by many Australian literary publications.