This Earth

This earth we live in The hills that roll in their slumbers Valleys that open bellies of hospitality With the green blankets of fauna Covering their heads, bodies and toes Insects and birds singing non-stop In music festivals with no adjudicators, Competing in Olympic Games without stadiums Animals crawling day and night Hunting without break with watering mouths For their daily bread Leaves of trees and grass whistling And hugging each other in the roaming winds Stars, moon and the Sun opening their searching eyes To find out the wonder that is man’s home Oceans dancing with sailors in stormy ball-rooms Nature so beautiful, serene but challenging This is the earth we live in Though with contempt and cynicism