We Have a Beautiful Mother
By Alice Walker
We have a beautiful
mother
Her hills
are buffaloes
Her buffaloes
hills.
We have a beautiful
mother
Her oceans
are wombs
Her wombs
oceans.
We have a beautiful
mother
Her teeth
the white stones
at the edge
of the water
the summer
grasses
her plentiful
hair.
We have a beautiful
mother
Her green lap
immense
Her brown embrace
eternal
Her blue body
everything we know.
HAPPY EARTH DAY. Every day we can... Give thanks. Pick up trash. Reuse. Recycle. Consume less. Use less plastic. Plant a tree. Grow a garden. Use less water. Give back.
