A Blessing for Earth Day

Let us bless

The imagination of the Earth

That knew the early patience

To harness the mind of time,

And how light knew to nurse

The growth until the face of the Earth

Brightened beneath a vision of color. 

When the ages of ice came

And sealed the Earth inside

And endless coma of cold,

The heart of the Earth held hope,

Storing fragments of memory,

Ready for the return of the sun

The wonder of a garden

Trusting the first warmth of spring

Until its black infinity of cells

Becomes charged with dream;

Then the silent, slow nurture 

Of the seed's self, coaxing it

To trust the act of death.

Let us remember

The beauty of changing seasons,

The passion of the wind,

The fluency of water,

The warmth of fire,

The quiver-torch of the sun,

And shadowed sureness of the moon. 

Let us thank the Earth 

And the One who created it

That offers ground for home

And hold our feet firm

Let us thank the One 

Who gave us the Earth

To steward its beauty

To harness its gifts

So that all might flourish in it.

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