Mother Nature

• Ashlan Vahland, Grade 5, Christ the King Primary School
• Poetry
• 2022

Excellence Award in the 'Unleashed 2022' competition

Mistress and Ruler of the land and sea,
Fair and elegant as She may be,
A fiery temper lies hidden deep beneath,
Threatens the reigning disaster of Her elements upon heaths.
She howls and sobs with wind, fire and rain,
Flooding and scorching the land through Her pain.
We cower and shiver with terror and fear,
No telling when the devastation will clear.
However as She calmly breathes,
We all begin to ease when destruction leaves.
As the sacred Mother helps rebuild,
We forgive as hope is fulfilled.