Poem: Grounding

A poem about eco-anxiety and biophilia.

Earth to humans

what did I do to you

to deserve such trauma

You forced me to revolve around you

scooped me out like a cantaloupe

and left me with aphonia

I have always been close to you

but your distance exceeds

for my only wish

is to be carried by you for a change

as there is no you without me

but a me without you

so as I kiss the moon and dance with the sun

we laugh at you

pitying your small minds

for you can leave us beaten green and blue, full of cracks and craters, burning for your love and attention

but we will outlive you

go back to our natural beauty

while you drive yourself into nemesis

and all that will be left of you

is a falling star on the horizon

- singing the dirge

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Humans to earth

it has just been so easy to ignore

our damage

while we bathe in the affluency

of our plastic and concrete empires

our lives are so short

that we have grown ignorant to what comes after us

but we now realize that

all we have been

all we are

and all we will ever be

depends on you

so we will fight for your motherly love

liquify our hearts and unify with our souls

draw inspiration from your shape

until we breathe the same air again

rest on the same soil

drink the same water

and can carry you

and our future

for a change

for the better

- promises to the universe