We Do Belong To The Land Poem by Francis Duggan

When people talk of land ownership they talk of a deed of title that to it that has their name
But the land is not owned by anybody the land was here before people to it came
Millions of years before the birth of the first human the land we live on it was here
The land will be around forever and I may not be living next year
Land has caused bloodshed, sorrow and suffering and millions fighting for it have died
But that the land can exist without us is a fact that cannot be denied
The land is Nature and our Earth Mother and to the land we do belong
And those who talk of land ownership in reality have got it wrong
You can will the deed of your home and land to your son or daughter but as we know facts never lie
And the facts say that we are mere mortals and all mortals are born to die
the land in fact is our Earth Mother and we must return to her one day
And how can we own what we belong to do you get what I am trying to say
Of the land we are only tenants that may seem hard to understand
For we cannot own what we belong to and we do belong to the land.