I've been a bean

From the earth

Deep within

the soil

Like everyone before

And every one yet

to come

Like every bean…

Every bean from the earth

Delivered in its pod

to sustain, be eaten

or drop…

Back to the earth again

Into air we breathe

together

The bean and I

look at each other

Is the bean dreaming

about becoming me?

Am I eating the bean to realize

its dream?

The bean gives itself,

now I offer myself

To the dream…

The dream of the bean

I know

I’ve been a bean

And I am the bean

I’m eating

And back to the earth we’ll go

together…

the bean and I