Mother Earth has Feelings too

A shout out to the earthquake in Japan

You can hear it

The earth groaning in pain

As it splits itself apart

Clutching its chest for what it has done

The homes it has consumed

The lives it has taken

Mother Earth has a heart too

A core

That says it is still alive and well

But as all living things do

She makes mistakes

The stormy weather in the sky

is how she says goodbye

For what she has taken from us

And so she provides still land for us to stand

And families for us to lean on

Even if they are in unexpected places