good earth
when you have good soil, you can grow the garden you dream of. the other factors—climate, water, sun—are important but they could all be perfect and without good soil, you can’t grow shit. it will start well, and then wither.
here, we have good earth that we (white people) poisoned.
when earth has been tainted or sterilized, the natural biomes are destroyed and must be rebuilt, restored. there is a balance that must be cultivated and this takes time and multiple forms of death (compost, mulch, manure, etc) to establish a baseline of health. it requires patience. growing crops in rotation, pairing plants who are good companions in growth, protecting the newly built-up soil from erosion. it requires maintenance, intention, and a steady optimism that’s focused on a result five years out, not next month.
if biden wins, we will be working with earth that was just as bad as it was before trump was elected. we will be tasked with a restoration task that has been left to us by the destructive power of our ancestors.
the astrology of this moment tells us that we won’t know results from this election quickly. but it suggests that biden will win.
and if he does, we cannot just “go back to brunch.” the hypocrisy of that gesture would poison our souls. once awake, do not go back to sleep. things have always been this bad here for most people who are not cis, white, straight.
what will you bring to the ongoing task of restoring this soil?