Stand still dear child,
And listen to the forest that breathed life into your ancestors’ lungs.
Stand still,
And admire the fury of the sea that has nurtured life and taken it all the same.
Stand still,
And feel the rumbling of the mountains,
As a sense of awakening gently simmers within.
You’ve burned down my trees, poisoned my soils and polluted my skies.
Taken advantage of me like no other being.
So know my nature is not of mercy.
When dawn is near and the stillness of the night is disrupted by the seeping sun,
my oceans will leave you on your knees,
And my mountains will give you just enough time to repent,
Just before my forests breathe back the breath you once borrowed.
My clouds will not weep for you,
They will announce their victory in thunder.
