Mother Nature

As green as the leaves,

the earth climbs into the sky like a vine

The mountains are tall and jagged, almost reaching as high

They tower over the rippled body below

blending air into our hair, making a luscious glow

The blue, it’s hue, dives down, deep into the ocean

It swims among me and you

while we frolic through the thick wet grass in slow motion

We crawl onto the sand with our hands and knees

And feel the grit between our fingertips until we reach the trees and see the bark askew

We listen to the wind whistle through our ears

Knowing that it’s calling us home too soon

It takes no blame, as the leaves rustle our names

Filling our souls with the sound of Mother Nature

The earth, it sees all that we do

Knowing the treachery human kind pursues

It embraces our bodies, through touch, through moss, through soil

But it doesn’t waste too much time in turmoil

The roots, they try to consume our mess

But they are unable to gorge on our lively flesh

Mother Nature understands we will soon curb its crave

Because she is one smart grave

We fall to our backs and watch as the sun touches the horizon

Our eyes are heavy with sleep and the earth becomes a syphon

It breathes us in and bathes our skin in a glow of moonlight wrything

And in this time, we commit a crime

That makes Mother Nature weep

She wants our souls, our flesh, and fuel and prays we will soon fall into a heavy sleep

But we are lost in our garden or love

As the man in the sky replaces the sun above

When our flesh cools like stones in the ground

We dream of a world so abundantly round

The earth, it prays, for us to leave

Because it thinks we don’t grieve

For the daily damage we cause

But it doesn’t stop and take a pause

Because we are sickening to it’s core

And it knows we will soon belong to it once more

It knows us only as the enemy

Because we aren’t rooted to its earth like the trees

It tries and fails to take us home

But we are not weak, nor ever alone

We sleep throughout the night

Without fear or fright, with only insight

To the days ahead, we see

Our future, so bright and free

Oh, Mother Earth, we seek justice and peace

We are yours, but only in our dreams

We feel your pull as we sleep so deep

But we are not yet yours to keep

When we wake, it’s with the rising sun in the sky

And we see the multitude of colors in our eyes

We rise like the purple flowers in your mourning few

But we begin our day with the seeds we lay for you

Stop those tears and your endless fears

We are not all the same

Because some of us take no blame

For what happens to you

And everything that you grew

Mother Nature, don’t doubt us - we will always find a way to take care of you

You cannot have us just now

But fear not, when it is time for us to rot

We will be proud to go into the ground

And become one with you

Our souls are ours until we die

And though you’re raining now, don’t cry

Your tears grow what you have survived

And we are not yet ready to be un-alived

Mother Nature, we seek your shelter and love

And we are yours, in life, fitted to you like a glove

We will protect thee

For as long as you allow us to be free