The Earth Weeps

the earth weeps
for its children,
lost in the darkness

of passion and greed.
turned away from the limitless skies
of their father.....

turned away from the breasts
of she who succored them....
burning the home they live in

for the sudden rush of fire!
breaking out the windows of hope,
eating food they cannot swallow.

wild hogs,
blindly, stupidly,
destroying everything

in their paths.....
the crumbs of their insatiable lust
hanging on their chins,

their eyes glazed, and empty....
no one home anymore!
the trees kneel with sorrow,

and the rivers cry for deliverance....
the earth weeps,
...and so do I!

poem by Eric Cockrell
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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