Bhp ~ Bringing Her Pain
we have to restitch
the skin of this planet
having gouged
and blown up
all that is good
we have dug at
her eyes
with no thought
for her
or ourselves
we have literally
ripped the epidermis
from her back
as she screamed for mercy
we have to bring
her edges together
and saying a million prayers
we need to give thanks
for all her glory
we have to leave her
to heal and rest,
as the farmer
repose’s the field
so does the jockey
rest the horse
she too must sleep
for what we have done
in a hundred years
she will take a thousand
in the healing
she is broken and bleeding
her gush stains the planet
her silent screams
are finally heard
but is it too little too late
her scars are seen from space
will she bleed out
and die taking us with her ?
its inevitable one day she will
Copyright © Jayne Eggins | Year Posted 2010
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