Peeking through the cloud cover
Witnessing life on earth
Earth’s faithful companion
Orbiting through space
Were you there, Sister Moon
When life first formed?
Did you watch as the first creature
Crawled slowly from the sea?
In your ever-lasting cycle,
in your orbit around our world
Did you witness the dinosaurs
As they prowled the hills and plains?
Did your winking face gaze down upon
The planet and can you tell us why
All life on earth was wiped out
As cold air masses froze the land?
Oh, ancient wonder in the sky
What drama have you witnessed
What stories could you tell
Of all the changes
On this, our blue-green planet
That you follow faithfully
Sister Moon, do tell us
Advise us if you can
On how to save the planet
This jewel of blue and green
That humans have made obscene
Garbage in our oceans
Choking off all life
Pollution on all fronts:
Land and sea, and sky
Oh, beauty of the night
Tell us if you please
How can we save our planet?
Our home, our heart, our life force
For we need your wisdom
We are lost, we have forsaken
The knowledge of our forebears
Remind us now
How fragile
Life truly is
And let us find better ways
To live upon this miracle
So well written, Carol, and a clever way to pose questions rhetorical.
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Thank you Lee, much appreciated
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Reblogged this on AreMyFeetOffTheGround and commented:
The questions beg an answer….why not ask the Moon? At least she is constant. A bit of reverie from Carol Hopkins
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Aw, thank you Lee, I am honored!
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I received your poem through the reblog by Lee Dunn. I am mesmerized. I read some of your other work and found it just as thoughtful and moving. If you don’t mind, I would like to follow you. You don’t have to return the gesture if you don’t wish to. I just want to keep reading your work.
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How very kind of you. I am honored by all who “follow” me. Thank you for your kind words.
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Indeed! “Let us find better ways / To live upon this miracle.” I’m with you on this.
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Thank you!
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