Earth Prayer for the day...

[willowoak]

Who

 

took the dream

of the land

 

who staked down “private property”

through the soul of the deer

 

who

diverted streams

cleared forests

burned fields

 

i

seek to know

my own name

 

i

seek to know

why

 

after all that i have done

to hurt her

does the Mother continue\

to embrace me

 

–       Charlie Mehrhoff