The Land <br /> <br />He stood tall against the land <br />he called his home. <br />The land that could feed him <br />when hunger gripped him. <br />Shelter him in times <br />of coming storms. <br />For his part in this concept, <br />he was to look after Mother Earth. <br />It gave him food and shelter <br />and he would never scar it. <br />It was not his land to own <br />as he would a pair of boots. <br />New strangers came <br />and called the land their own, <br />but they did not own it. <br />The land was there for all to share, <br />and if they looked after it, <br />the land would be there <br />for every tomorrow’s sun. <br /> <br />24 May 2008<br /><br />David Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-land-7/
