Editor Hannah Hall tasked the Blog Staff to write about “da Earth.” Blogger Erik Bearman chose to write a poem about how he views Mother Nature and Mother Earth as similar but separate deities.
By Erik Bearman
Mother Nature and Mother Earth
In Their ethereal beauty, two women of mystery
Both agents of chaos, both brutal, ferocious, and savage
Two sides of the same coin
Mother Nature does not have sympathy for her children
Her one house rule: eat or be eaten
In her amber eyes, only the fittest should survive
Extinction after extinction, Mother Nature still survives
Extinction after extinction, Mother Nature still thrives
Mother Earth is a different kind of rage
As blood flows through my kin, magma flows through Her veins
Skin the color of stone, sand, and mud
And as follicles connect beneath the flesh
So do roots connect beneath the dirt
Plagued by creatures who wither, crawl, and consume
The Great Mothers are ravaged by the ultimate parasite
If we, the Parasite, do not change our ways
The Mothers may smite us with Their godly might
Wilderness Editor: Hannah Hall
Whoa. Powerful commentary on our perilous situation with Global Warming and Climate Change.
The smiting is coming down sooner than anyone would like. Parasite is the appropriate term for the human race and its complete disregard for the gift of nature and Earth’s beautiful life forces. I worry for your generation and generations to come. What will remain for the human race as we currently squander the gifts of Mother Earth, and contribute to the vengeance of Mother Nature? One can only have hope and believe that we will soon take action.
Thank you, Erik.
Dear writers, I have enjoyed reading all your posts but I have not always left a comment as a stayhome mother, raising a curious lovable toddler but busy with boring “household chores”, not always I got something to add or to say. Your posts are superb and different from what I read growing up, raised as a open mind yet Roman Catholic Italian American. Thankful for your posts!
S.