Earth (Mother of Life) I am the mother of all forms of life


From the mighty Victoria Falls in Zambia,


To the breath taking Kilimanjoro in Tanzania Down to the Northern Lights,


All the way through the Grand Canyon


Deep into the Harbour of Rio de Jeneiro in Brazil, Through the Paracutin Valcono and


All the way to the great heights of Mount Everest, Yes, am mother to all forms of life. From the time of my creation, I stand firm and faithful to my core function, supporting life.


From the birds of the air,


To creatures in the waters and animals on land, I give life.


I have the finest possessions that no one can ever imagine Fresh & salty water, land, forestry, Oh! Wait a minute….


Diamond, gold, copper uranium oil And all those priceless materials.


Yes I am mother of all forms of life. I am not only rich,


I am beautiful, magnificent, self-contained, and irreplaceable. Even though I know my value, My worth and dignity


I am not the happiest of all planets


Every night and day rivers of polluted tears roll down my cheeks And I have lost a peace of mind to the rapid changes on my body. In the night I cry,


During the day I sit lamenting


And regretting the decision I made billions of years ago… to support life


Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto All rejected the offer,


They all said they needed a peace of mind And a little longer life span. I didn’t understand all that.


Mercury was even more specific, That he would rather be hot than give room for human habitation. By Miyoba Buumba, Zambia


When they warned that humans will seek for my destruction To fulfil their own desires


I always told them how impossible that was Because I know that my destruction leads to human extinction I expected them to hold me dearly I was naïve.


Today I sit here,


Under the shed of the only tree surviving, Thirsty yet my waters are deadly polluted, Am hardly breathing, The air is so heavy and dirty.


Am hungry, my wildlife is all history With all this ailments, am almost exploding With a pregnancy of about seven billion humans Inside my heart I have a terrifying anger In the back of my mind am thinking hard. Does it ever ring in their selfish minds That am breathing my last?


That am gonna perish with the 7 billion of them? The right, purest minerals in their right quantities…. They were never enough,


Instead you tear down my skin with your heavy duty machinery And gave yourselves more. I gave you a living space, That still was not enough,


Instead, you snatched the homes of birds and animals And established more cities and settlements for yourselves. Yes I did give you everything but you want more and more


I try giving warnings of my death day that is fast approaching, All you do is ignore and carry on with your ruthless habits That have caused pain to my every born and cell. Dear humans,


Am not asking for anything unnatural or anything abominable …Just a twist in your kind of thinking,


Just repentance from your environmental sins…. Just a sound reasoning in the back of your mind, A feeling of shame on your development options And an act of justice towards me…. CONSERVE ME!


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Youth-led Green Solutions


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