Lament for Our Mother

Summary

"Lament for Our Mother" is a short poem that serves as the epigraph for the sci-fi dystopian spiritual verse novel "In the Minuses," expressing the theme of environmental collapse and the need for love towards Mother Earth.

Abstract

"Lament for Our Mother" is a poignant poem that sets the tone for the sci-fi dystopian spiritual verse novel "In the Minuses." The poem is written by Elke Salo, a genius who saves the world from environmental collapse by creating the Great Cities. The poem expresses the author's broken-heartedness over the state of the environment and the loss of love towards Mother Earth. The author feels the rain differently, as if Mother Earth is drifting away quietly. The poem suggests that humanity has forgotten to love Mother Earth, just as they have forgotten to love each other.

Opinions

The poem conveys a deep sense of loss and sadness over the state of the environment.
The author suggests that humanity has forgotten to love Mother Earth, implying a need for a renewed sense of care and respect towards the environment.
The poem suggests that humanity's lack of love towards each other is connected to their lack of love towards the environment.
The poem sets the theme for the sci-fi dystopian spiritual verse novel "In the Minuses," suggesting that the novel explores the consequences of environmental collapse and the need for love towards Mother Earth.
The poem is written by Elke Salo, a genius who saves the world from environmental collapse, implying that the poem is a call to action for humanity to take similar steps towards environmental preservation.
The poem suggests that Mother Earth's heart is broken due to humanity's lack of love towards her, implying that humanity's actions have consequences for the environment.
The poem suggests that Mother Earth's beauty is still present in her mountains, valleys, and seasons, implying that there is still hope for environmental preservation if humanity takes action.

A short poem for Gaia

Image by Pernoste; Poetry by Pernoste & Dahl from the verse novel In the Minuses

This short poem is the Epigraph for our sci-fi dystopian spiritual verse novel “In the Minuses,” and it sets the theme for the work. It is the poem written by Elke Salo (featured as a child in our short story “Pearls and Blackness”), who becomes the genius who saves the people of the world from devastating environmental collapse by creating the Great Cities. She lives 500 years prior to “In the Minuses,” but her legacy lives in every aspect of the lives of the people in City.

Lament for our Mother

Today I awake broken hearted, and I struggle, I cry, to know why. I walk the fields and paths, and see the birds, the animals, then dig deep my hands into the soft flesh of the earth.

And today again I feel the rain, like yesterday, but it’s different, the drops ringing, instead, so softly on my morning’s broken heart. Do I feel her drifting away quietly, perhaps to fall asleep and never dream?

Is it that we’re losing her, dear Mother Earth, Beloved Gaia, not her body but her heart? The blood of her rivers yet flows, her soul is still the depth of her oceans, and the beauty of her magnificent body is enchanting in its mountains and valleys, clothed by the joyous seasons of her mind.

But we, her children, are her broken heart, for we have forgotten to love her, as we have forgotten to love each other.

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