April is Poetry Month

Willits Library National Poetry Month Poem of the Day – EARTH DAY 2013

Posted April 24, 2013

Julia Butterfly Hill

OFFERINGS TO LUNA

A tree

a life so many years gone by

history bound with each new ring and every scar

i lie nestled in Her arms

i listen to all She has to say

She speaks to me through my bare feet…my hands

She speaks to me on the wind…and in the rain

telling me stories born long before my time

Wisdom

as only Ancient Elders know

Truths

passed to me through Nature’s perfect lips

She cries

Her overwhelming grief

sap that clings to me…to my soul

i wrap my arms around Her

offering the only solace that I know

giving myself as the only gift I have to give

a pitiful offering

to a Goddess such as this but of myself

it is all that I have to give