A Rift Across the Land

 

Beauty of Planet Earth photo

There's a rift,

a rift across the land,

for we no longer understand 

or live the Old Ways.

We take more than we give,

and it is no way to live.

Extreme consumption is the norm,

and the price is coming due

in floods, wildfires and storm.

There's a disconnect between

humanity and Mother Earth.

To all of us she's given birth.

We live under the same skies

and close our ears
to the suffering's anguished cries.

There's a rift, 

a rift across the land,

for we no longer understand

or live the Old Ways.

We have forgotten we are all one,

the way we all had once begun.

What happens to one happens to us all.

How can there be peace

while the bombs fall?

There is a rift in our spirits.

We have forgotten how to pray.

We need to heal to find our way

back to the garden.

A second response to Sumana's prompt at What's Going On.