Monday 11 July 2022

Thursday, July 7, 2022

St. Jamestown, Toronto

Save the Earth/Sage the Earth

 

My last draft on this poem.
 

She goes by a sweet Vedic name, Bhoomi
 

And is worshipped by many a sage and muni
 

She’s sometimes described as a sacred cow or calf
 

A sentient being who can cry or can laugh
 

Speaking of none other than this planet, the globe, the giver
 

She’s our mother, our sustainer, our deliverer
 

Her glories are told in ancient folklore verses
 

She likes the massage when we walk on her surface
 

Mother Earth is revered but she has been ravaged
 

We treat her as though we are selfish and savage
 

She can be hard, but also tender and fragile
 

Deserving attention and a break from the hostile
 

It is innate sensitivity that we must awaken
 

To the spill of rubbish that she has taken
 

We must own up to our vile deviation
 

Offer protection and end her frustration
 

Let us endorse “Those who give are those who love”
 

A sentiment arising from the heart and sent from above
 

This is the spirit of both the Earth and the sage
 

It is a practical course in which we should engage


- Composed by Bhaktimarga Swami, The Walking Monk
 

May the Source be with you!

3 km


 

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