Listen to Me, For the Earth I Plea

This is a beautiful poem and a heart felt plea from Mother Nature. We should all take a stand against the destruction of our earth.

Hi Bravewarrior.... such passionate message this brings forward the eternal question, "Just much longer can we rape and pillage the land and get away with it. I have seen some very horrible things over the years with mining, logging and the oil industry. Now they are filling the caverns they have pumped out with fresh water to get the last of the very last drop of the precious oil. Consider the amount of water that takes... what a shame. Clearcut logging completely strips the land and leaves it a wasteland for years to come. The sad part is these lands in heavy rainfall are leaching silt, debris and yes ever oil from the slobbering machines to pollute river and stream, Pulp and Paper mills are allowed to built right along river and draw the water need, Do they care, not a chance.

Ot is a passion of mine to stop whatever I can, years ago I was very involved in land preservation and stopped several project to be stopped or abandoned. Keep up the fight girl... good for you.

Hugs and Blessings

Your deep and meaningful poem is poignant and sobering. Beautiful in rhyme and cadence, it sends an important message that each of us has a responsibility to the Earth. I'd never heard the Michael Jackson song before. It was beautiful, Shauna.

A beautiful poem, here. taking, through poetry, a very noble and necessary stand. An encouraging message. Let's hope those with the ability to do something stand up.

Such a heartfelt plebe to humanity to stop caring about their pockets and easy lifestyle and show some concern instead for the Earth and nature that provide everything. If we destroy the planet and suck it's resources dry what are we left with? Great poem, voted up.

A wonderful hub Sha. I know I have read this one before but was just as good second time round,. Couldn't have left a comment last time either but ham doing so now. Here's wishing you a wonderful day and lots of love from Wales.

Eddy.

Beautiful lament, Sha. Hopefully this is a growing hope that is being instilled in mankind. How hard can it be to figure out that we need to nurture our home, not destroy it.

I very much enjoyed the rhyme of this. Some clever input on those and it definitely kept me reading til the end. Even the Lord says to care for the Earth. I think it brings me back to a verse in the Old Testament that says the Lord will continue to keep the Earth going until the very end (paraphrasing). While we have a very serious responsibility on our own part to tend this beautiful garden we have, He will keep it running until the end. Either way, I enjoyed your thoughts on this as it is very sad that we seemingly do everything in our power to hurt our planet. Voting up!

Bravo! You have given Mother Nature a voice, Sha. Even the most cynical of mankind will feel the truth through your touching poetry. I read this once and immediately heard music. Then I sat down at my piano and began to compose, finding a way to 'house' your words. The melody came almost too easily. So did my tears.

The end result was a marriage between inspired words and music.

I voted up, useful, beautiful, awesome and wanted to keep voting. Sending this out through, followers, pinning, tweeting and FB and any other source I can find.

California is in a State of Emergency and running out of water. Even ranchers are forced to kill their herds because nothing is growing for them to eat.

Thank you my amazing sister ~ Audrey

Mother Earth embraces

Beautiful writing. Lately I have been noticing way too much trash strewn all over the roads here. I don't know what's going on, but it never used to be like this.

We compost everything we can to give back to the earth what we take out from it when we pick our summer vegetables.

My grandfather used to have a saying when he raked the fall leaves: you have to scratch mother earth's back.

bravewarrior, your message is so eloquent and heart wrenching. I feel the pain of the Earth and all her creatures trying so desperately to survive among uncaring, stupid and greedy humans.

I fervently wish that we who truly love this Earth can somehow stop the madness that continues on a daily basis. Well done, my friend ;) Pearl

Wow, Sha, what a profound poem! You are a wonderful poet, and especially great when you are passionate about the topic, which is evident here.

Up and more and sharing.

Hugs,

Faith Reaper

This is a beautifully written poem that says so much about the way we don't take care of mother nature. This is such an important topic and yet, so many people ignore it. Voted up and shared.

Great poem. You keep telling the message.

Brave .... beautiful poignant reminder of how mankind is taking advantage of mother earth. I love this verse ...

"My tears are dried up,

I can no longer feed the land

Yet you take more from me than Life can withstand."

Voting Up and keep it UP :)

Not only was this a beautiful poem, it was so true. We moan at out creator when we suffer, yet we don't look inward at the destruction we're causing to this planet and once its ruined there will be no turning back. REV 18:4.

Sha, I'm also concerned about what we are doing to the land, sea, and air. We cut off our noses despite our faces. Thanks for putting your blog link on here.

Great hub, Shauna with an important message. Sadly, not only do humans feel they are immortal, we also apparently feel that our resources are, as well! Up++ Thank you!

Hi Bravewarrior

True words indeed. Your poem points out the facts clearly and the world needs to listen. I like how you have wrote from the earth' s perspective.

Your red sky picture was striking.

Change is needed urgently and you voice that desperate need very well.

Anna

So powerful. I simply don't know what can be done about all the chemicals poured into out soil and air. And what is an individual to do against the magnitude of corporations and science and medical facilities that seem to have no alternative but to dump their waste either into our waterways or the earth? We are our own worst enemies. All over the world the offenses and contaminations exist. I remember as a child being told not to throw the dirty mop water in the yard because it would poison the soil from the ammonia we used for a cleanser. There isn't a drum large enough to hold our waste. And even so, it would probably explode when full from the buildup of elements that cannot be contained. Then what? Scary--isn't it?

That was beautiful bravewarrior and oh so darn true. I sit and watch the idiots cutting down the rain forest while at the same second the scientists keep shaking their heads and muttering global warming! for goodness sake can't they see the connection? the forests are the lungs of the world, we should take it easy and be more careful of our Mother Earth, wonderful! voted up and shared! nell

A heartfelt plea for nature and a worthy one indeed. When will we learn? You've made your point strongly here with many examples. I fear greed and ignorance is going to kill us all and yet I hold on to hope. Let's hope joint action will work one day in the not too distant future.

Well done!

A great reminder of how we should be caring for God's wonderful gift of his creation - our environment. When some don't, we all suffer the consequences.

This is a great reminder of our responsibility of caring for the earth. We have already damaged some areas that cannot be replaced,. Let's hope and pray that people realize we must live our lives in respect to all life.

Oh Sha,

I was thinking of this, one of my favorite MJ songs...so perfect for your most profound and insightful poem.

Both creative and passionate...you are clearly in your element! Simply beautiful and voted UP and UABI. Love, Maria

Very beautiful. My heart aches for what we are doing to this planet of ours. I had never heard that M Jackson song or seen the video. Very touching!

A serious situation we find ourselves in;

Tainted water to drink and polluted air to breath.

Mother nature can take only so much. I fear she

will break under the strain of deep pockets and man's greed.

You have pleaded her case beautifully.

The photos and videos bring it home, right to our front door.

Interesting thought----we may be remembered as the "wasteful generation".

Beautiful job on this hub, Sha!

DJ.

Well, you know how I feel about this subject. Well done, Sha; a beautiful plea for Mother Nature and one I can only hope others will listen to. By the way, I don't know if you have been writing on your blog but I'm not getting notifications on it.