Earth's Voice
If Earth could speak to us humans,
Through the leaves, the flowers, the greens,
The winds, the oceans, and even through
The telephone
What would she say to us?
Would she have approved of our superiority
On the land which was initially meant to be lived
As if it were a mere journey
By taking into consideration that
Travelers do never become permanent residents
Of the visiting countries,
Or,
Would she have reproached us
For our lack of mystical insight
Which leads us to being overtaken by Ego
And the needs of the body
And which can cause havoc
Like wars and mass killings
For aims so trivial as choices and beliefs!
Why, I claim not to be made of altruistic nature
Like the rest, I do be needy and greedy
But then, I do take the time
To sit and reflect, while bees sing
And butterflies play,
About whether it becomes a must
To load my individuality
My environment
And my society with so much pressure
That cracks and tears appear everywhere
On the face of Earth
Cracks, deemed as being insignificant
Tears, deemed as being useful!
Why, Earth, like us all, has the right to use her
voice
And to say of what she desires
If only she would open her mouth
Not solely to spit out fire
And vomit of deadly hurricanes
Not solely to grind her teeth
And cause the lands to shake
Not solely to eject saliva
And have thousands drowned in floods
But,
To display to us,
Through gentleness and wisdom
That which ails her
Pray, humanity would have had a solid guidance!
Gaia -- Jassy Watson
In the “Theogony” Hesiodus related (in the Glenn W. most translation) that "wide-bosomed" Gaia (Earth) arose to be the everlasting seat of the immortals who possess Olympus above and the depths of Tartarus below and then brought forth her equal Uranus (Heaven, Sky) to "cover her on every side" and to be the abode of the gods and bore the hills (ourea), and Pontus (the sea), "without sweet union of love." Gaia was a poetical, mostly epic, collateral form of the Attic “Gē” (land or earth). The mythological name was revived by chemist James Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis in 1974, when they proposed that living organisms and inorganic material are part of a dynamical system that shapes the terrestrial biosphere; organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings to form a synergistic self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and perpetuate the conditions for life on the planet. In some approaches, the Earth itself is viewed as an organism with self-regulatory functions. The Gaia hypothesis has been embraced by New Age environmentalists as part of the heightened awareness of environmental concerns.
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