Beneath the Sky

The earth sings

The songs of past,

Lessons to learn

And values to hold,

To those who listen,

Who take the time

And pause before destruction,

Offering of change

Of growth and new,

As human fingers dig deep

Filling nails with dirt

And roots.

If you listen well,

Happiness is unlocked

The truth in being,

As we struggle with

Day to day existence,

With the plan of moving

Forward and up, up, up

Despite the Earth’s insistence

We remain among the trees

And chase the stars and moon,

That we listen to the ocean sing

And feel sand between toes.

We continue to cut and trim,

Crying out about

The erasure of flora and fauna

As if we didn’t know,

As if we didn’t see,

As if we didn’t expect

A consequence for our actions.

Spoiled children we sit beneath a sun

And wait for it to implode,

Instead of correcting the disaster

We created for ourselves.

Sorry Mother.

Katrina Thornley is a nature poet and novelist that resides in Rhode Island. She has two poetry collections currently published, a novel, as well as a short story anthology. Her poetry collections "Arcadians: Lullaby in Nature" and "Arcadians: Wooden Mystics" were inspired by a local park and life in her small rural town. You can find them on Amazon now!