I originally wrote and posted this prayer two years ago. I’m reposting it again today on the 8th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daichi, Japan. The nuclear radiation will continue to pour from the plant, unabated until the earth ends. It is just one of the many things that is killing Mother Earth and all life on the planet.
Prayer for Mother Earth
My heart is heavy with uncried tears
For all your pain through all the years.
Time is short, yet people dawdle,
Distracted by meaningless chatter.
The sadness, my constant companion,
I now realize is my communion with you.
I used to fret, knowing something was wrong,
Yet not knowing what to do.
I’m now resigned to our fate.
No one said we’d make it out alive anyway.
The powers that rule are cold and cruel.
They never knew your soul.
Even if there were time,
We could not be rid of the unseen, unknown rulers.
How can we fight the enemy when we’re blind, deaf and dumb?
I’m sorry for your suffering.
Thank you for your sacrifices you’ve made for us.
Thank you for your service, your loving and caring heart.
When it’s time to go, wrap us in your arms and take us home with you.
We are the walking dead, just waiting and hoping it will be short and swift.
Dear Father/Mother God, Creator of this beautiful world,
Forgive us, we knew not what we did.
We were controlled, deceived and manipulated.
Please give us the heart and compassion we need
To make it through til the end.
Margo
March 11, 2017 (6 years after the Fukushima disaster)