Forgive Us

Self explanatory

The rain hurts my face
cold, stinging
the taste is bitter on my tongue
unleashed anger
sadness
disappointment
she has in us
for us
i taste it

Barefoot I walk
she feels hard
unyielding
her grass pricks my feet
i feel it
lush softness gone

She is angry
we have raped her
disrespected her
poisoned her air
with gases, chemicals, bombs
tore a hole in her soul
because we
became ;

lazy
apathetic
greedy
uncaring
comfortable

She knows
she sees us
she hears us
she cries tears of anger
her breathing is fast
rapid, strong
she blows down upon us
her fury unleashed in
gasps of her breath
her breath that
blows us apart
tears us, pulls us up to her
pushes us away from her
gone from our Mother
 Earth

Her mind is becoming weak
from the poisons and hole within her
she sometimes forgets the Seasons
sending us Spring in Winter
Summer in Fall
making everything change
topsy-turvey like a carnival ride

Oh, Mother forgive us
let us heal you
let us heal each other
forgive us dear Mother Earth
please say it is not too late
harm was never our intention
re-harness your wrath
we ask
give us a chance to show you
we do care

We never meant to harm you






 

Author's Note

Time to make a change
before it is too
if it is not too late..

Reviews

[Bubo]

Oh, Mother forgive us
let us heal you
let us heal each other
forgive us dear Mother Earth
please say it is not too late
harm was never our intention
reharness your wrath
we ask
give us a chace to show you we do care

We never meant to harm you


And a wrath it is...............such a powerful write, and vivid in its anger, but will earth forgive?
I saw a young boy survived............but lost his mother..........such devastation and loss..........all prayers are with them.............and this write is a reminder of how fragile we all are, and we are at the mercy of mother nature.

[Sean Allen]

I've seen you around here for years, but somehow I don't think we ever met until today. It's never too late for her as any good Gaiast would tell you. We will most likely continue our rape and pillage and fifty years from now begin to explore Mars. A couple of hundred years later, we will have teraformed the new planet and left this one alone. In a short time, perhaps as little as six days as she thinks, she will come back and bring forth a new Eden. We will have been gone for a couple of million years!

[Eagle Cruagh]

I love your story and it is true .
Please don`t take all the blame.
There was the flood you know. I grew up
in the middle of America, the Great Plains.
As a kid I used tp pick seachells out of the
cliffs, it was at one time the bottom of the
sea. My horse stepped in a nole of oil one
time----all that was left of dinosaurs who ruled
the earth. Then the ice age destroyed all
the tropical life.

They said we were hopeless when we used a
tropical island in the Coral Sea to explode atomic
bombs. No one could even set foot on the island
for 20 years----Now the natives are back and the
tropical island is just the same as it was.

I am not arguing against your story I am simply
saying there is hope. The Great Depression , The
Dust Bowl destroyed the Midwest again. Last summer
they had grass and crops better than at any time in
history.

I love your writing and this poem is excellent---just
don`t give up on us Chloe. OK.

------ John

[justjenn_2u]

I wanted to cry for Mother Earth. We have neglected and abused one of the beautitudes. You are very expressive, I feel emotion here.

[Cold Coffee Magazine]

You really know how to pour it out, don't you? Another fantastic write. You capture me with your words.

Dave

[An Ordinary Woman]

Sometimes I can see her wrath, when the thunder storms roll in and the thick clouds are laying low and dark in the sky and its vastness reminds me of the ocean. I am in awe of Mother Nature.

This poem reminds me of those clouds. Wow, very vivid and right on. Excellent writing, Chloe.

[Tom A.]

She is Strong, Our Mother Earth. She'll forgive And forget when we see as one maybe.

I agree. We as a species are evolving, and with that evolution humanity will once again feel how dear to us She is. We are Her greatest achievement, and with that comes a responsibility that more and more people will be proud to accept. Hold strong Mother, for a little longer. When we are as a whole ready, we will be the children of love and light you have given us the gift to be.

[Amy]

Wow, this is such an intense poem.
It's great!
I agree with you 100%
It is time for change!

[Poeticpiers]

Yes I can agree with your sentiments whole heartedly She is repeatedly warning us and if we do not take notice we will go the way of the dinosaurs another failed experiment. Although I am not alover of free form you at least stae your message clearly

[Jennifer]

Beautiful!

[Emily B]

And we have brought about our own downfall through ignorance and greed. A thought-provoking piece of writing.