Earth Day 2015

On Earth Day, a few lines for our favorite planet, and a reminder that the time to preserve her will not wait for a more convenient moment:

I remember Earth.
To step outside on a summer evening,
listening to the voice of the one you loved,
was almost more than we could bear.

But we could not make it last.
We asked too much of her,
and everything she asked
of us we waved away.

A last regret? That as she
passes, all our memories go with her.

Frank Beck
April 22, 2015