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.

[Jenny Davis]

This is fantastic, Chloe...I loved the part about her mind going some and she forgetting what season it is...aint that the truth? It is so sad what we have done to her and I agree...it is time to make a change! Excellent write :)

[LittleEye:)]

i totaly agree if i could i would help but i am just a little girl how can i help?

[Blackbirdsong]

You know, you just keep getting better and better and girl, you BETTER have this backed up and I mean it! This is such a wonderful, yet mournful poem about how badly we children have treated our Mother Earth. Great work here. Spectacular :)