A Million Years of Sleep - Free Verse Poem
Rinita is a creative writer, with focus on poetry. She delves into several forms including Haiku/Senryu, Sonnets, Free Verse, and Prose.
Background
There hasn't been any significant change over the past few decades with regards to how we have been treating our planet, our Mother Earth. It is time to take note of the fact that she is tired, and may not be able to go on much longer.
Mother Earth
The Poem
Wrapped in my bluish-green cloak
I have been walking
Walking
Walking
Walking
Walking towards the flames
At times with a stab of ice
The gold washes over my blue
The white smears across my green
I keep walking
Walking
Walking
Walking
Been eons since I slept
My own children, they hurt me
Blazing their horns, they ride my soul
With putrid smog, they blind my eyes
And I am walking
Walking
Walking
Walking
My first-borns, dear they were
Drifted off to eternal slumber
I draped their shrouds with
My bright, concrete silhouette
I am tired of walking
Walking
Walking
Walking
Lay me down, let me dream
On a bed of crimson cover
My tired eyes long to rest
And sleep for a million years
I would be no longer
Walking
Walking
Walking
© 2018 Rinita Sen
