Mother Earth, it is not You
who need to be invoked—for You are always here.
But we, your human children, who today
must be invoked—who have abandoned You,
forgotten to call upon You, neglected to care for You,
failed to serve You, and disregarded your needs.
Help us now to awaken and remember
our obligations to You and all Earth’s beings.
Let your spirit fill us with love, appreciation, joy
and overwhelming desire to serve You in all that we do.
May we think, speak and act as one family of one Mother
who gives life to all, and when it is time takes it away.
Guide us, Great Mother, in every decision we make,
every habit we develop, every action we undertake.
May we never forget you again, beloved Mother Earth,
beautiful and bountiful source, and resting place, and wonder.
(Meet Mago Contributor) Janine Canan
Poet and psychiatrist JANINE CANAN MD, who lives in California, is the author of over 20 books, most recently Mystic Bliss: Poems and My Millennium: Culture: Spirituality & the Divine Feminine, and Garland of Love: 108 Sayings by Amma. She received the 1990 Koppelman Award for She Rises like the Sun: Invocations of the Goddess by Contemporary American Women Poets. Visit JanineCanan.com and Facebook.
BARBARA ROSE BROOKER MA, founded the world’s first Age March, and writes “Boomer In The City” for The Huffington Post. Her novels include Should I Sleep in His Dead Wife’s Bed, The Viagra Diaries, and God Doesn’t Make Trash. She teaches writing at San Francisco State University and The Shanti Project. Her paintings are exhibited in Los Angeles galleries. Visit Barbararosebrooker.com and Facebook.