What were you thinking?

Poem about going green! hehe

What? You thought you could tame her?

--- a daughter of Gaia

hair of wind
eyes of hurricane
her body hard
like that of a tree
smooth like a rock
tumbled in a stream
a laugh of cracking thunder
a sigh of burning leaves
A goddess of fire and rage

---- Destruction.

You raped her
beat her
and strapped her.
held her in your arms
struggling until she tired
chained to humanity
you shaped her
defamed her
and shamed her.

Did you think you could take her?
make her?

She broke free
the floodgates shattered
waters rose
the Earth quaked
you with it.

Fire erupted
beneath your feet
into the air
ash began to fall

----covered all.

She laughed at your pain and
---scoffed at your civil-
ization

You thought you could tame her?

Author's Note

I hate form...get over it

Reviews

[Pax Analog]

Ah, well the jagged form of your poem perfectly suits the subject anyway. ;-)

A tonic reminder of the toxicity/triviality scale of humans on planet earth.

The spirit of Gaia Goddess is in the taunt that such addled hubristic creatures could "master" nature, when they can't even begin to master themselves.

"A daughter of Gaia" is the only part that puzzles, since it seems Gaia herself. Research yields quite the promiscuous list for Gaia's lovers! Great work, though!

[Ravenskald]

An excellent read and subject, empowering and defiant
More of this stuff should be written
~Raven