And so they taught us

The soil is our earth

The earth is our soil

The minerals

The nutrients

The textures

The smells

The colours

Brown

Black

Grey

Even a rare gold

Our dirt brings us so many opportunities

Endless stories

Limitless potential

Never-ending cycles

Just one seed planted

One tiny, little seed

The roots springing below

Could lead to so many things

A blossom of flowers

A massive tree in the forest

Giving us the air to breath

The oxygen we inhale every day

Or a row of bushes

A yard for your father

A garden for your mother

Fruits and vegetables

Pumpkins and watermelons

Oranges and tomatoes

Along with the greenest grasses

Changing colours in the seasons

Roasting in the sun

Cathcing the rain

Holding up the snow

Swaying in the breeze

Getting cut by the mower

Then growing back over

As the dog paces through it

Catching his bright tennis ball

Wagging his tail with joy

Our dirt has always been with us

And always will be

Since the dawn of time

Trillions of years ago

Dating back to the prehistoric years

Our world uninhabited

Only for the mighty dinosaurs to roam

Leaving us clues behind

Like children finding an Easter egg

As their parents cheer them on

Even deep in the future

Deeper than the bottom of the ocean

Beyond our own comprehension

Our dirt will forever be with us

Following us to the next life

And the life after

And after...

And so I think back

How people treated me

Not everyone

But many more

The way I felt

The way I viewed myself

The way I lost my confidence

The way I see the world

The way I treat others

The way I changed

The way I gave up

The way I didn't sleep

The way I became so biter

To the way I am today

For all the wrong reasons

All the wrong morals

And to never be forgotten

Because I've been treated like dirt