A lovely walk along the canal revealed two Canada Geese guarding their seven babies, and then a heron, standing on the path before me, slowly rose and flew gracefully by, like a pre-historic creature from long ago. Which reminded me of all the natural beauty of our environment. Here are some poems to reflect on.
Images
of elephants
Silent
elephants
In the
dusty Savannah
Weeping
together
For the
loss of their leader
Killed
for her ivory tusks
…………………………….
For
lifting heavy objects,
Digging
for water
And
scratching for minerals
Ivory
hunters sell them
©Brenda
Williams
I
am
water
tumble
in torrents
down mountain
sides steep.
Plunging and pitching
to lakes dark and deep.
flow
and I flood
across rivers and plains
or gurgle
through gutters
and dribble down drains.
I
am
the spirit of water
born to flow and be free
to seep from snow
and ice floe
to surge and spray as the sea.
am
secretly stored,
within storm clouds
to drizzle, or drench
you with rain,
then trickle and travel below ground
to filter and freshen again.
I
quench
the thirst of all creatures
It is I
who keeps plants alive.
I am the world’s greatest life source
without me
it couldn’t survive.
So please,
don’t waste or pollute me
as I nurture and nourish
earth’s crust.
For I ask you to try to imagine
a world that is covered
in dust.
©Brenda Williams
