Editor Hannah Hall tasked the Blog Staff to write about “da Earth.” Blogger Erik Bearman chose to write a poem about how he views Mother Nature and Mother Earth as similar but separate deities.

By Erik Bearman

Mother Nature and Mother Earth

In Their ethereal beauty, two women of mystery

Both agents of chaos, both brutal, ferocious, and savage

Two sides of the same coin

Mother Nature does not have sympathy for her children

Her one house rule: eat or be eaten

In her amber eyes, only the fittest should survive

Extinction after extinction, Mother Nature still survives

Extinction after extinction, Mother Nature still thrives

Mother Earth is a different kind of rage

As blood flows through my kin, magma flows through Her veins

Skin the color of stone, sand, and mud

And as follicles connect beneath the flesh

So do roots connect beneath the dirt

Plagued by creatures who wither, crawl, and consume

The Great Mothers are ravaged by the ultimate parasite

If we, the Parasite, do not change our ways

The Mothers may smite us with Their godly might

Wilderness Editor: Hannah Hall