Give Me Dust

Give me dust Give me soil Give me grubby knees grass stains and bruises Give me sand in my hair and bugs on my shirt Fruit flies butterflies ladybugs and ants The caterpillars falling from trees The bumbles and buzzes of bees Give me berries to dry in my pocket Give me rose hips fresh peas and oak leaves Leave an acorn a half-chewed cherry a sunflower seed Leave a feather and give me a song call the crickets nocturnal cats and chirpy bats Give me the full moon the blue moon and the harvest moon Give me clouds when I’m out Sunshine when I’m in Give me rain and snow and long nights filled with stars Give me wool and warmth and a cup of tea from fallen leaves And when it melts Give me dust