Today is Earth Day, a day we have set aside to honor Mother Earth and the enrichment's she gives us, animals, plants, air and water. A day we should become one with nature, treating her with gentleness and sensitivity that she deserves. But we seem to take it lightly or dis-regard the notion all together. Our acts on Mother Earth are brutal and unrelenting, slaughter and extinction of beloved animals, destruction of forests, poisoning of water and air all in the name of progress and humanity. Do we fail to look at the damage-- barren land, dead seas, stagnant air and rancid water or are we just uncaring and believe we are far superior and above reproach. And what of Mother Nature? We call it global warming, the cause of more intensified natural occurrences, storms, volcanoes, tornadoes,etc. I believe it's Mother Nature in her wrath trying to reclaim what is hers. Maybe we should stide for harmony and balance before its too late.
My poem
Thoughts in the Wind is very appropriate for today. I wrote this poem in a park on a very windy day, as I walked, I listened to the wind and constructed this poem. Every time I read it I can feel and hear the wind and rain. Happy Earth Day.
Thoughts in the Wind
by Wayne Adam
I stand amidst strong winds—
Feel its power
How small man is among nature,
Frail against her elements
Yet, we defile her essence
Air, earth, water,
In progressive plunder
Selfish is our existence,
Slaughtering her children
In incremented extinction
No wonder she lashes back
In unyielding fury,
Reclaiming her possessions
Have we no morals
In raping such beauty.
No stone unturned by
Our iron hands
No water pure from
Our venom
No creature free from
Our stalking
I stand in gentle rain—
Feel its sorrow
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