Our Immortal Earth Mother Poem by Francis Duggan

We learn from her for as long as we live
And so much enjoyment to us she does give
Our wonder of her only does seem to grow
And the more we learn of her the less of her we know we know.

I have loved her since I was a very young boy
And her beauty is free for us all to enjoy
The colours of her Seasons is an amazing thing
And in her groves and woodlands her birds whistle and sing.

Unlike all of her life forms and unlike you and I
Our immortal Earth Mother is not destined to die
The climate may be changing from northern to southern shore
But she has outlived climate changes before.

The biological clock on my life it is ticking away
And the years have left me looking older and gray
But for as long to the gift of life as I can cling
Our Earth Mother's praises I gladly will sing.