the call of mother nature

By Isabella Martinez

Models: Mercy Ogunlade, Tehreem Siddiqui; Photographer: Pamela De Marion; Stylist: Summer Fathke

in the silence of solitude

in the meadow where no other being lays

she sits alone

watching, withering

waiting 

for the world to swallow her whole

for the ground to open up beneath her

and wrap her in its embrace

for her mother to greet her 

and welcome her back home

the stillness settles around her now

the light shines on her face 

her fingers graze each blade of grass 

and they sing below her touch

the flowers sway in the gentle breeze and

the wind carries with it a whisper 

she is not alone

sighing softly

serenity

nature breathes with her

tears fall on her tired cheeks

like the glow of dewdrops 

lingering long after 

a distant storm

growing buds take new roots 

from a fallen tree 

wilting petals cascade down

in brilliant shades of pink

she 

one with earth 

earth 

one with her 

and so it’s always been