Earth day poem- Mother Nature

Poem 22 for April. The poetry month.

                         Mother Nature

Chief Pontiac, once questions the white man ways. He asked the white leaders. Do you hate the forest? Will you be content when the great forest is gone? Will you be content, when everything that is beautiful is no-more? Today in our world. Each days, the great forest, the tropical forest is being destroyed. Each day, another free animal become extinct. The Great lakes and the sea. Be polluted by waste and factories. The lake and sea life. Is loss forever. Killed by plastic, waste and poison.

Men want to leave old cities and built new ones. Dead cities become a field of waste instead of being re-used. When will we learn? We need Mother Nature, more than she need us.

Last year 2020, a polluted lake "Lake St. Clair"  healed and the children could swim in her for first time in 40 years. Become the coronavirus closed factories for one year. I burn sage for the human spirit and nature. I pray we learn. We need to be kind to our earth and to each other.

Mother nature give us water to drink, food to eat, air to breathe and she gave us a perfect planet with enough resources to maintain men and the free animals. Men, take and take. One day, when the air is poison, the water is undrinkable and food, we need. Become impossible to grow. Maybe we shall learn. Too late. 

I liked the old Ojibwa wisdom. When the bear and wolves are gone, man will follow. Earth will heal and be reborn. Today is Earth day. Time to take a walk into the forest, put your feet into the sea and teach the children. Be kind to dear Mother Nature.

Coyote

Author's Note

Just words.

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

dearest John... the Forests and the environment are our Treasures.
We need to be Smart like our "Phones" and Save the Earth before
it is destroyed by people who are not "Smart" when it comes to the "Heart of the Matter".
May our days be spent in dancing and praying for a Miracle of love for our Earth before
we explore and spend Billions in outer Space. tenderly, Pat

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Pat. We need to fix our planet before seeking new ones. Hello from Michigan and thank you for reading and the comment.

[Joanne McFall]

A memorable piece of writing in honour of a special day. It is sad to see many bags of rubbish and waste around the landscape but thankfully care and respect can be taught and learned so that renewal and healing can take place.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Joana. We need to be kinder to Mother Nature and thank you for reading and the comment.

[~Sarah~ Idríel T..]

'When the bear and wolves are gone, man will follow.' These lines are wisdom.

Very important poem, we all have to learn.

For me, I grieve for our planet. I try my best. What have been before us? We know that. But what will be in the future, no one knows.

[Coyote Poetry]

I am not a great fan of Biden. But if he help nature. I will respect him. I worry for the planet too dear Sarah. What will we leave for the future generation? Thank you for reading and the comment my friend.

[Kerra]

Love poems like this about the environment

[Coyote Poetry]

Thank you for reading and the comment. I do appreciate.

[John the Baptist]

A timely poem on the environment here. I recall reading about a shark that was found to have something like 60 pounds of plastic in its stomach. I think Biden needs to focus on the pandemic and the environment first and spend on the rest later.

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. Helping the environment is a world problem. We must fix before it is too late. Thank you my friend for reading and the comment.