i put my hands in the earth
and she provided for me
rivers, mountains, and trees
she gives abundantly
my mother taught me to respect the ocean
and my father taught me to respect the woods
and since i live between land and sea
i bow to them both, equally
and as i thank them, i raise a toast
to the one who deserves the most
who saw the ground, the plants, the food
and said at the end that "this is good."