Mother Earth

   A nameless fear
     a darkened hour
          a nightly haunt.
	
                                   A whispered word
                          a single tear
                                a tall lone tower
            guarded by fear.
	
                                                 Big old oak
                                                falling down
                                               field mice run
                                             far underground.
	
Ground did shudder
   mountains did quake
 power is what is left
  in Mother Earths wake.
	
                                                                        Fast strong river
                                                raging to unheard beats
                                        sounds like singing
                             from underneath.
	
Sitting still
     like mountains tall
           watching over
               mankind’s fall.
	
                                            Faceless wonder
                                                ageless dame
                                          and Mother Earth
                                                  is her name.