'The salt of the Earth drift lightly / through our days...' Photo: Annie Spratt / Unsplash.

'The salt of the earth' by Dana Littlepage Smith

The salt of the earth

'The salt of the earth' by Dana Littlepage Smith

by Dana Littlepage Smith 9th August 2019

The salt of the Earth drift lightly
through our days
carrying nothing extra.
A bus ticket beyond expectation,
back to the streets of childhood
where they grew kindly
spindly as rue, or meadowsweet.