MOTHER EARTH


Hear her cry
Long time ago
Still the sound resonates
Tears fall as rain

What is being done
Is she alive as a whole
Or just as pieces
We hold from day to night

A child knows
With both love
And cruelty
Creating and destroying

Man and Woman
Know the truth
Of what is being done
Taking without giving

Hear her cry
Silent words
She pleads for tomorrow
In the actions of today

Her wrath we can�t argue
With a tremors of her fingers
We are gone
But she tolerates us

What patience a Mother has
She gives to us
Some worship her
Others abuse and disregard her

Ours lives are given
In gentle kindness
We choose a path
She does not criticize

Judgment and persecution
Are not known to her
Only love and life
She will live beyond our knowing

Some eyes are closed
While others don�t see
Do we give you intelligence
Or is that a dream


Michael V Hechtman