My Appreciation for the Earth
Hello Readers, and Happy Earth Day!
As you know today April the 22 is Earth Day! For those who don’t know Earth Day is a day in the year that we appreciate the Earth by doing healthy stuff for the earth like turning off the lights (saving electricity), Litter-less lunch (where we bring garbage free lunch to school, work, etc), cleaning up litter in parks, and forests, and other earth friendly things.
Well yesterday my class went outside in solos to take time to appreciate the earth. Some people went into the forest and other people sat on the grass and appreciated the sky. Well I thought I would go and appreciate a tree. Not just any tree, a tree that I used to always climb, a tree I would rest under for shade when the sun got to hot, a tree that I appreciate for everything it has given me. I decided that I would write a poem about this wonderful tree to show that I truly do appreciate everything it has given me.
A chilling breeze blows, it’s leaves sway back and forth in the chilling wind.
Two birds stay nestled in their nests while the branch beneath holds nice and strong like a weight lifter.
A loud cry comes from one of the birds, it seems to be thanking the tree for holding them so they can protect their fragile eggs from the strong wind.
The tree just stays silent.
A spider crawls inside the hollow tree, and whispers thank you to the tree for the shelter it has provided for him.
The tree just stays silent.
I walk closer to the tree and I whisper ”thank you, for everything you have given me”.
The tree whispers back “Your welcome”.
And than stays silent once again.
Photo Credits:
Love Your Motherby Cayusa
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Hi Catie: Wow!! Great poem, your writing is great and a pleasure to read. I am glad that Ms. Smith gave you the time to be creative and you surely used it well. I am watching your pet to the right of this and she looks hungry, so I am going to feed her now. Keep up the good work!! Love you tons.
April 26th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Thanks mom!
I really enjoyed taking time to appreciate the environment, it really reminded me that people should care about the environment more and take the time to enjoy what it has to offer. The environment is such a peaceful place and it really calmed me down, I’ve never really seen the environment that way before, and now I really do appreciate it!
Thanks for commenting mom, and feeding Angel for me, she is always so hungry even though we feed her human meals all the time, what is wrong with that dog?! Thanks again!