MOTHER EARTH

© Josephine Wall

MOTHER EARTH

In a world of flowers and sunshine

What have we done to you Mother Earth?

We have treated you so badly

You, who gave us birth.

We have polluted and silted up your rivers

And made the ice floes melt,

Such pain and such great agony

All around us now is felt.

Carbon emissions and chemical spills,

Oil slicks on your water,

What heritage are we leaving

For every son and daughter?

There is so much I want to do

To restore you to your health,

To bring you back to a time

Of beauty and natural wealth.

I will try to do my little bit

In any way I can,

I shall try to teach these things

To my fellow man.

I’ll turn the lights off in my home

When they are no longer needed,

I will talk to my children 

And hope that they have heeded.

Re-cycling will be my theme

In my world and in my home,

I shall work for cleaner oceans

And clear white seaside foam.

Protection of the animals

Entrusted to my care,

Will be the theme of my message

To people everywhere.

Hope will be my message,

And love will be my theme,

I want to work with all of you

To bring about my dream.

© Linda J. Vaughan

Jun e 2011

Prompted by the earthquakes in Christchurch, Japan and the tsunami and the recent volcanic eruptions in Chile.