Blog 1: IF EARTH COULD SPEAK: A LETTER YOU NEVER HEARD

My dear humans,

I spoke—
but you never woke.

In the hush of dawn,
falling leaves on the lawn,

By rivers that roam,
In  search for home,

In caves and dome
where silence is known.

It’s me you never hear,
still I m always near.

Wounds I bear,
tend to it please be there,

I’ve seen you care—
just never for me, I swear.

This is not despair,
just truth I share.

Let me return and prepare

I taught you to share.

 

Build back my core,

Clean every shore,

Stop! Don’t ignore ,

Before everything is gone worth fighting for.

 

I believe I have been quiet for a very long time, not because I got nothing to say but because I believed you would get me without the words I had to say. Through the wind on your face, through strong cold waves , through my forest who had so much more life but now lie in loneliness.

Neither you nor I know where we stopped connecting, when did you stop coming to me? Stop caring for me?

You have learned to measure me, own me and shown me how much I don’t matter anymore. You walk on me everyday but you never notice how alone and tired I am . I am not blaming you as I have seen you grow , taking shelter and comfort in me to being on your own and shaping everything around you. I have seen your curiosity turn into ambition with such intensity that now I can’t satisfy your hunger . I understand it yet can never accept the connection we lost because of it.

You take from me – my forest, my rivers, my air not because you are cruel but because now its a habit. Your belief that I will always give needs to end. I gave without asking , I healed and carried your mistakes without complaining but I have  my limits and you are almost there.

Doesn’t my air feel heavy now? Summers are warmer and winds are hot and harsh right ? Rains feel uncertain and silence too loud . I am not angry just exhausted . Don’t be guilty just pause and notice and remind yourself that you are not separate from me -  you are a part of me. Every land or river you pollute or land you destroy will have consequences and comeback to you.

I write to you in a sense pf hope because I know your kindness. I have seen you plant , protect and spread awareness which slowly yet steadily is growing. You can change not immediately but with small consistent steps. You should choose to care even if no one is watching you . Stop ignoring and start listening to me again.

I know saving me as a whole is a lot to ask so I just ask you to stop forgetting we are one, stop ignoring my voice and just feel my presence when I am so near. I am here , holding you ,supporting you and hoping to see you back as a caring and reliable one who will hear me again one day. I hope that’s not through disasters or deaths but through peace and love where it’s a world we balance together.

With Patience and love,

Earth      

 

SHIVEKSHA CHOUBEY

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