Peter Ezekiel’s Poem

My child is earth...smooth like a stone...solid like a rock...beautiful like a gem...earth...dancing like earth.

My child is water...meandering like a stream, flowing like a river, crashing like a waterfall...water...dancing like water.

My child is air...drifting like the breeze...blowing like the wind...howling like the whirlwind...air...dancing like air.

My child is fire...smoldering like an ember...burning like a flame...roaring like a blaze...fire...dancing like fire.

My child is dancing.

My child is a dancer.

- Trevor Scott Barton, Ordinary Time, 2019