The Earth Is A Woman {gaia Rotunda} Poem by Pat Ashinze

GAIA ROTUNDA{The Earth is a Woman}

The Earth is a Woman
The mountains are her bones
The hills bask with her strength

The Earth is a Woman
The Rivers are her veins
The waters course her arteries

The Earth is a Woman
The winds rhythm her songs
The cloudy breeze braids her hair

The Earth is a Woman
The bliss of nature is her joy
Her fecund body is the soil

The Earth is a Woman
Her Romeo is the Sun
The starry skies are her dreams

The Earth is a Woman
All that breathes are her lungs
That which is breathed upon is her heart

The Earth is a Woman
The seasons are her feelings
The varieties are her thoughts

The Earth is a Woman
The quakes and disasters are her fury
The pestilences and drought: her vexation

The Earth is a Woman
Man is her child, Man is her Soul
Man is her Keeper, Man is her Curse

Pat Ashinze
November 2016