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World Environment Day
LISTEN CHILD – By ElizaBeth Coira
I raise a flower for you
Why have you forsaken me
I rise a river to you
How could you have forgotten me
I grow a tree from a seed
To provide all that you might need
Breathe and eat of my breast
Yet you have forgotten all the rest
Birds your brothers
Cougars
–Cousins
Even snake and bear
All of creation
Gifted with life
But not one hurts me
As you do
I cry
I try
Hope for you
That you will grow up
Strong, wise
As the tree
Yet without me
Your paths grow fewer
Fallen
So I ask this day
That you may recall
Your Purpose
Promise
Light
Smile and flow
Be at home
With Love,
–Great Mother
(Earth’s embrace)