You claim my birth. <br />Why do I call you mother? <br /> <br />when your earthquakes rumble and shake the earth <br />when your fiery mouth gobbles up the forests and unsuspecting villagers <br />when you belch & engulf your children along your shores <br /> <br />when you loose your fury of fire & bury so many in homeless dust <br />when your tornadic winds grope furiously for trailers & all your children’s things <br />when your wrath no limits knows and your water & oil do not mix <br /> <br />No mother do I know who lets her children thirst. <br />No mother do I know who burns her children’s skin. <br />No mother do I know who is so uncaring about who hungers or drowns. <br /> <br />You hold back your gifts & then let flood of such plenitude, <br />So intent on giving birth and nothing more, with no regrets.. <br /> <br /> - Oct.10,2007<br /><br />Ben Gieske<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mother-nature-28/
