Blessed Earth

Blessed Earth, 

   You have endured much hardship.

   We have damaged your surface,

   And sucked the life out of you 

   With no apologies for our wrong-doing.

Blessed Earth,

   Our Lord commanded us to

   Tend to you...and we have, instead,

   Abused you with no regard 

   For your future--or our own.

Blessed Earth,

   I'm no philosopher or geologist,

   But I'm certain we are killing you

   And ourselves when we haphazardly

   Poison your waters, your soil, your sky.

Blessed Earth,

   I am but one voice, yet often I pray

   Almighty God will give us mercy

   When He asks us to give an account

   Of how we cared for you.

Blessed Earth,

   I know what we have done to you

   Will not be overlooked...Eventually,

   Even you will not be able to sustain 

   This life as we know it now.

Blessed Earth,

   I will not blame you for what's to come,

   For earthquakes and shortage and war.

   It is not your fault that we are short-sighted.

   You are not the selfish one.