POETRY

Hymn for a Dying Planet

An ecological prayer

Author’s photo from the Canadian Rocky Mountains

Note: Below the poem is an audio clip of the author reading the poem.

Dear Lord and Father, I repent
of years I did betray
the beauty of this world you’ve lent,
nor held it safe for your advent,
but watched its slow decay.

In mankind’s sin, we broke this Earth
and poisoned what You made.
With each lost species’ squandered worth,
we’ve multiplied our guilty dearth
of wisdom we’ve obeyed.

If it be true that you redeem
a sinner such as me,
I pray for Earth a new regime
to raise it back to health supreme,
to all that it can be.

Oh, let me play my part in this,
to make your world more pure.
I’ll help repair what’s now amiss,
from mountaintop to deep abyss.
Make me part of your cure.

Amen!

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