earth day, for lovers

by: brian ecklund


we live on a big rock.

It’s called earth.

it’s made up of things we’re made up of. we are a part of it. we know it intimately & when we are making love to it we are collectively running our hands over it’s mountains and breathing fast in it’s valleys. when we die we are simply inside of it. when we die we die but the earth keeps on living. i want to love you the way we collectively love the earth.


i want to be in [ spring ] with you.

it is [ love ] so i want to plant something with you that will grow.

i want to sweat, we are making [ summer ] in bed.

it is [ love ] and my air conditioning is broken.

i want to be warm in [ love ] with you

i am in [ fall ] with you.

i want to make [ winter ] with you.

it is [ love ] when we are making out in the snow.


there is a grassy knoll about 40 miles away from my house that overlooks a beautiful meadow. we we could go there & we could make love on top of it.

there’s a beach about an hours drive away from where we are right now that we could make love on until a cop shows up.

there’s an old oak tree a short walk from here that we could climb. we could make love in it’s branches while it holds us.

there’s a mountain about a two hour drive from your house that we could hike up and make love at it’s peak. we’d be so tired from the hike & making love that we’d take a two hour nap at the very top of the mountain. and when we wake up we’d realize we were on the top of a mountain so we’d make love at least two more times before beginning the five mile hike back down to my car.


we celebrate the earth in many ways
but my favorite way is by making love with you.
there are so many places we could make love
& celebrate the earth together.

we love the earth so much we gave it it’s own day. it’s april 22nd. we call it earth day. my favorite way to celebrate earth day is by making love. when we celebrate earth day we are celebrating the love we are in. i celebrate you when i make earth day with you.

let’s go home and april 22nd in my twin bed. let’s leave the party early to go make april 22nd on a couch. let’s go make earth day in a dressing room at our local urban outfitters. let’s make april 22nd standing up in a park on earth day.


people do a lot of different things to show their love for the earth on earth day. some people hold hands and plant trees & flowers. some people get a group together and pick up trash at their local park. some people simply get together and relax outside with friends and strangers. i like to celebrate earth day by making love.

I like to celebrate earth day by going outside and holding hands with you.

I celebrate earth day by kissing you and then kissing you again and then kissing you a third time because kissing you twice wasn’t enough. I celebrate by telling you I love you and meaning it.

I celebrate you.

It’s earth day so I want to make our love grow.


every day that we are alive is earth day.

I hope to spend many earth days with you.

i am in love with you.


it is spring so let’s plant something like it is earth day.

i want to be in rain, we are making love in the rain.

it is summer and the rain is all over us.

i want to be warm in fall with you.

i am making love to you and leaves are crunching beneath us.

i want to make love in the snow with you.

it is winter and i love you.


we are so much like the earth
that when we are together it’s like i am in space with you.
let’s be like the earth & make love in space one day.

we live on a big rock called earth. it’s made up of things we’re made up of. we are a part of it. we are intimate with it. when we make love to it we are running through it’s forests and closing our eyes in its oceans. when we die we are inside of it. when we die we die but the earth still lives. i will love you the way I love the earth.


people often ask: “ what is your favorite way to make love?

there are so many different ways to make love.


sometimes we make love in the eye of a hurricane

sometimes we make love on top of a tsunami

sometimes we make love during an earthquake

sometimes we make love on a beautiful, sunny day

sometimes we make love when it is snowing

sometimes we make love on a windy day


sometimes making love is beautiful and scary.


i’ve seen so many beautiful pictures of places that would be ideal for making love.


i want to make love in yellowstone national park

i want to make love at the bottom of niagara falls

i want to make love in the grand canyon

i want to make love in the middle of the gobi desert

i want to make love in the indian ocean

i want to make love anywhere in the atlantic ocean

i want to make love in a cave in the middle east

i want to make love in the core of the earth

& if it’s possible, one day i will make love in the center of the sun


there is no place in the world that we couldn’t make love
if we wanted to badly enough.
& i want you like it’s earth day so come over
so we can love the earth together.

i want to make april 22nd with you deep in a forest

where we no longer have cell service.

i want to make april 22nd with you

on a river in a wooden boat that doesn’t have wifi.

i want to make april 22nd with you

at the edge of a cliff that google maps can’t locate.


when i make love with you

i want it to be like a rock spinning in space.


we live on a big rock and i want to be with you the way we are with the earth. i want to celebrate you the way we celebrate april 22nd. i want to make earth day with you and hold hands with you after we make earth day and kiss you every earth day because every day is earth day because every day we are alive together on this beautiful earth.