The kindly earth prepares a home for me

A pleasant home, so soft, with fragrant air!

I nurtured plants and loved my pets, I know

And kept the public lands of litter free--

Perhaps that's why the earth is kind to me.

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Shall I commune with nature, settlin…

I never learned to love myself.

I know not how it’s done.

I am so weak in will and mind.

I seek, but cannot seem to find

Something to love–not one.

Or, rather, all the little things

That I can do half-well

Are insignificant, compared

To all my flaws and …