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We’ve shown contempt for our Mother Earth…

We throw garbage on her beach.

Into her air

and land

and sea

our contaminants and pollutants leach.

Yesterday I watched as a beautiful old tree was pushed over to make room for a house…

and then another tree…

and another…

and I had to stop and ask myself…

Is this any way to treat our mother?

Looking at all the times she’s been abused

disrespected

and defiled…

I wonder…

if we should stop thinking of her as our mother…

and think of her as our only child.