" EARTH " 

Why do you punish me,  I am your earth.

  And without my bounty your life has no worth.

I grant you peace and freedom on my soil

  You in turn defile me when in wars you toil.

I give you clean water with which to bathe and drink

  For this gift you poison me and make my waters stink.

I give you shade trees and forests beyond the field

  You cut them down for the money that they yield.

I give you rich loam with which to grow your crops

  And you give me chemicals till all my growing stops.

I give you shelter from the suns ultraviolet rays

  While you destroy my ozone with your pollution craze.

The beauty of my whales I let you share with me

  But you had to kill them,  you couldn't let them be.

I give you oceans for your vital air supply

  Please try to understand me before all my waters die.

I've given all I can the rest is up to you

  your time is almost up,  you've got to start anew.

To live in harmony with me is your only way

  There's still a shred of hope but you'd better start today.

For if you go right on the way you are,  your reign will soon be over

  And where you've trod upon my ground,  I'll grow my fields of clover.

I'll purge my waters till they're clean and clear once more

  Then bring back all but man to bless my peaceful shore.

Author: Frank E. Bodin III