• My mother is Mother Nature.
    My mother is mother Earth.

    She bore me like a seed and nourished me with her body.
    Strong and true, even if abused and dirtied.

    Cares for me with all she has, and all she will have
    Envelops me in her love-zone to nurture and grow.

    Will care for me even after I've grown tall and seeded my own.

    She'll stomach the loss of all her riches that have been taken from her
    Will hide her pain to keep me safe for as long as she can

    And when she can't

    When her rivers of tears run dry
    and her mountain of strength cracks

    When her burning core of a heart cools
    and all goes black and the flow has ended

    She'll leave a story, a tell-tale rock
    Of how she tried.