How generous -
An insignificant measure of
Pretentious humans
Set aside an entire day
For You.

Yet in your tolerance
You endure
Our small-minded endeavors -
The kicks, bites,
Tantrums of
Arrogant creatures
Who rely
On your very blood.

When you stretch,
Crack and moan,
Spew the fiery contents
Of your corish depths,
We gather up our dead,
Tuck them neatly,
Solemnly back inside;
Unsolicited sacrifices
To some vague god
That we apparently fail to appease.

Yet in your infinite patience,
You remain
Ever faithful to laws written
Long before Light
Played upon Your Waters,
Or Wind danced through leaves.

And so we give you a Day,
As if all of them
Don’t belong to You already,
Earth, ever constant
Earth, unafraid,
Earth, Mother.

04/23/2011