by Lynn Johnson
Earth knows how to heal herself,
if we just let her.
She knows how her worms
can turn newspaper
into black soil.
She knows how her trees
make a canopy of shade,
bring oxygen to the ones that breathe it
in exchange for carbon.
She knows how leaves that fall
fertilize the ground beneath
if we just let them.
She knows how her tender grass
has the strength to crumble concrete.
She knows the heat of her Sun
could warm every home,
If we just let it.
She knows the power of her wind
could accomplish multiple tasks
If we would harness it.
All with no harm to her.
All with no harm to us.
If we don’t remove the poisons,
reduce the carbon
and let her heal,
If we don’t face the fact
that there are way too many of us,
using way too many resources,
way too fast,
If we don’t start following her lead;
She will shake us all off like a giant Mare shooing away flies
