digital rendering: ”Gaia Provides” — by: rob kistner © 1997
Gratitude & Balance
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Precious mother Gaia, you embrace us with your love. You carry us safely as we hurtle thousands of miles, every hour, of every day, through infinite space. You provide for us our every need. You sustain our bodies with your abundant bounty. You nurture our spirits with your beauty and endless wonders.
sky pulls with precious spring rain
gaia yields new life
Your need is simple. That we live in balance with your rhythms, and with our fellow travelers on this amazing journey. You ask that we know gratitude, as humble stewards of your countless gifts. That we live in harmony, attentive and reverent. But we’ve grown arrogant. Foolishly we believe we have dominion over you, over all in your realm. In pursuit of intellect, feeding ego, we have lost our sense of equilibrium, lost our way.
Now we suffer, as we watch you suffer. Please forgive us. Be patient, do not forsake us. We can learn, as we must learn. Precious mother gaia, grant us time to again find our way, our humility, our center — to again find the gratitude, the balance.
frail balance has been disturbed
gaia is weeping
rob kistner © 2019
This is so soulful. What a beautiful humble haibun
Happy Monday
Much 🙂 love
Thank you Gillena for your kind words… 🙂
It is rife with humility and spirituality; wonderful message and sharing; done with a slightly different poetic voice than I’m used to with you.
Thanks Glenn. I was feeling prayer-like, and being agnostic, prone to the concept of transforming energy – this is how I pray for the earth, expressing gratitude.
Your haibun reminds me of St. Francis’ praise for “Our sister, mother Earth…” and I feel the poingancy of your address to our shared home.
Glad this resonated for you Frank. I was taught by Franciscans, but had not come across that piece of his.
Nicely done Rob!
This says it all…
Foolishly we believe we have dominion over you, over all in your realm. In pursuit of intellect, feeding ego, we have lost our sense of equilibrium, lost our way.
Thank you Dwight. I hope we find our balance as a species.
It is a lovely prayer, though I pray to a different ear, we have the same gratitude.
Thank you Debi. 🙂
resonates deeply with me and others 😉
Can we hear and change …
I certainly hope we can Kate.
A much-needed prayer.
Yes Kerfe — dire I’d say.
Love it. Very profound. I fear you are correct, Gaia is weeping. 🙁
Big toxic tears — thank you JP.
I hope we can find our way back to save ourselves and Gaia
One way or another Björn, with or without us, Gaia will find a way.
Beautiful words to spark compassion for Gaia. She deserves our gratitude and we can no longer take her patience for granted.
We have pushed way too far Astrid. We are already beginning to pay.
Beautiful words, Rob!
Thank you Sara.