feeding each other

let's not feed each other
our arrogance,
our fears,
our beliefs,
our pain,

let's keep those
for ourselves,
our food,
to chew,
to digest,
to take what we need
to nourish our soul,
leaving what's unspent
to fall quietly
into the bowels of this earth,
who can hold it all,
as we bow down to her grace.

let's not feed on each other,
gorging on things
we think we need,
terrified that we would starve
otherwise,
let's feed each other
love, first,
simple and straight,
porous and moist,
like the earth we touch,
as we sit around the flames
of our roaring hearts.