small blue planet
why do you turn?
even when you bear the weight of at least 3 million different species
1 of whom destroys you like no one has before
polluting your rivers
stealing your minerals
tearing down your trees
screaming, screaming, screaming at you to stop turning and just lie dead.
small blue planet
why do you turn?
even when we make our homes in you and on you and around you
tunnels, nests, hollows, houses
and in them, living, loving, eating, drinking,
yelling, screaming, tearing, fighting,
dying
small blue planet
why do you turn?
on and on and on
is it because we are on it?
because my parents and their parents
need to stay on in the universe
to feed their children, to help them
grow and to teach them
to thank the earth they grow on
