Hear

In gentle whispers it pleads,
Awaken from your deep slumber,
hear me-
peer through every hole that you've
punctured in me;
what was I besides silken grace?
A cool sensation that left no trace,
no colour, no cry,
no blockages in your breathing space.
Yet you waged on yourself
what no war could be, a fate worse than any
that you would see-
an end to your own entity!
Realise, that I run through your every vein,
cleanse your blood, with me you remain
and still you wound me with blackness
with which you gain;
remember that you are mortal,
take away this toxic pain;
I am a free being, I give more
than I contain,
let me be colourless, let me be free
I am AIR, just breathe me. . .

In pain it howls,
Everything with which you threaten me,
keep in mind, will float every sea,
every river, every lake, every waterfall
in every valley,
from the sky it will fall over
leaving death in its wake,
giving as much poison
as it has been forced to take...
Stay, let me be,
let me flow through your crops,
wash over your greenery,
let me satiate your thirst,
a fruitful purpose for me, let live,
let me be,
I am WATER, just drink me. . .

In grave tones, it recalls
Do you remember the soil
as it was cleansed by the rain?
Can you smell the same life in the air?
Running across fields,
inside every grain,
grows the bleakness;
the hazard;
the strain- consuming the mother
the birthplace of life:
organisms of single and multiple cells.
I am not a brewery of your waste,
your venom was I destined to taste?
NEVER
I am the nurturer,
Nature belongs to me,
I make up the land, bed the sea.
Your forests I continue to clean;
I lease the strength to every plant,
sow your every bean,
I am the EARTH, just love me.


We need to consider the damage that we cause our planet and change our ways;recklessness should be transformed into concern and ignorance into love.

Special thanks to Ghostranch who had awarded this piece with a beautiful green awardicon!

My heartfelt gratitude to "Circle of Sisters"  [13+] for considering this piece a good entry in the Rising Stars Shining Brighter Contest.