I am the fullness of the earth
Warm throbbing heart
Embedded beneath cool solid soil
I am that which propitiates all life
Support under pedestrian beings
Providence for all consumers
Nourishment is my gift to my children
Nothing can take away from me
My death begets new life
I am regenerative in the face of decomposition
But you must respect not my expendability,
For you know I am mother of creation Herself,
Respect instead the gifts I have provided,
My compassion,
And use them for the benefit of all.
By, taking more than you need
You would be depriving yourself in the future
Of that which I have freely given.
Revere me, the earth, your final mother,
Your lover and co-creator.
Rejoice in the fecundity of the land
Life cannot dominate me
I am the fulcrum of life itself
The origins of interdependence.
I have all the elements at my defense.
Do not trap yourselves in structures you build.
You belong to me and I unto you,
All Creation, all that lives or supports life.
Earth, thou possesseth God's own material,
An artist of lives.
Creation springs forth to meet the
Challenge of the morn.
Earth thou art my battlefield,
Earth thou art my shrine,
Earth thou art both the obstacle and
Refuge of your forlorn.
Divine thou art in Earth,
Earth thou art in me,
Divine thou art in each of us
Spirit of all embodied in Earth,
Forever your Spirit will be.
this is an excellent poem and I totally agree!