Mother Earth

Are we listening

Mother Earth

Sitting in the shadow of the afternoon light.

Filtered by the canopy of green.

As the heat waves spiral upward into the open air.

Watching the shadows of light and dark,

As the sun makes flashing streams through the canopy above

Not moving and lightly breathing,

Listening to the earth, to hear her breathe.

Silence is needed to hear her.

Her voice is soft, but don't let that fool you.

If we don't heed the warning and mend our ways,

Mother Nature will step up and unleash her rage

There's no stopping her once she is cross

So in that peaceful moment

When she speaks softly

Please take notice

Once she has spoken, she won't say it twice

She'll just demolish everything in sight!

Reviews

[wordman]

well hold on tight ,because shes tired of being raped and ravagedmher wrath is near

[Willard Wells]

Duh!! Yah Think?? hahaha. I see extreme things happening around the world and I think she is just up to a loud purr right night. Just wait till she is really pissed off. thanks for stopping by and letting me ramble on. As appreciate your words.

[wordman]

you are welcome,and your right we had a earthquake tremmor here last month,first one in years
and we are close to the fault line

[Willard Wells]

Not enough is being done to correct the problem because of the biggest fault line and that is the governments around the world that base expenses and needed repairs on acceptable loss. Do you feel you are an acceptable loss?

[wordman]

it is all based on greed my friend,money talks and the government is holding out it`s hand
not only in our forests but everywhere !!

[marcus]

Beautiful!! We would all be wise to pay heed when Nature whispers to us, for we do not want her to have to raise her voice!

[Willard Wells]

She seems to be getting louder by the month. Thank you for reading and commenting. Greatly appreciated.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree and I liked this poem.
"Please take notice
Once she has spoken, she won't say it twice
She'll just demolish everything in sight!"
I saw the damage done by nature. She can be the destroyer. Above lines are very true. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Willard Wells]

As always your words are welcomed. Appreciate your reading and commenting. I am glad you liked it.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome Willard.

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unfortunately we are not listening closely enough, or at least those who should be listening aren't... we are consumers and consume we must and will, at will... the juxtaposition between the light and dark in this piece is beautifully controlled, Willard... there is a great lesson here...

[Willard Wells]

Thank you for your kind words FT. And yes the people that should be listening are not. It's alright to fight and disagree about global warming. But rather than point finger, let's fix the problem.

[....................]

Agreed, Willard... time for these entities to move...

[fattycbreezy52]

Aha...goes too far telling us how to listen once to the soft music or voice of mother nature.Just once to pay attention to the beauty and amazing qualities she has within herself.
Brings me back to the nature with the amazing line"as the heat waves upward...."spirallly.Amazing picture too,i would say:)

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Breezy for your kind words and taking time to read my work. Greatly appreciated.

[AaronFreitas]

Beautiful words to go along with a beautiful picture. Awesome work!

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Aaron. My goal long term is pictures with my work. Unfortunately I am more of a prolific writer than photography. Then there is the decision of what type of picture to use. The dark demon writing leaves me questioning what to use. Thanks for reading and commenting.

[JayceeC]

Great message. There is a reason we give the title "Mother". And I have to agree 100%

[Willard Wells]

"Mother" is an interesting word. From nurturing and loving to b***h with a grudge that will rip your head off and piss down your neck. Is that too much?? Thank you for reading and commenting.

[JayceeC]

Oh I think my kids would agree..lol

[R Smith]

could not agree more Willard, i'd welcome selective destruction I.E. the people who cause the most trouble in the world or those who bring suffering in any way to others but I guess it will be the innocent like the good people of Nepal and the like who get hit the worst, hurry up the apocalypse and the victory of Christ, your poem which is brilliant seems to have unleashed my rage against the horrors of this world, sorry about that :)

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Richard. You may have just borrowed my soap box, but that's OK.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

This conjured up images of Native American Indians and the way they were guided by the earth. You set out a very cautionary take upon which to reflect Willard. But will we act?

[Willard Wells]

I expect we will not act soon enough. I mean hell we keep fighting wars for dirt that's not going anywhere and don't learn, so why should we be any different in dealing with the earth. Just bury our heads in the sand and wait for the end. Thanks for reading and reviewing my work.