I am nature

Poets United  Prompt: Nature: her words

I Am Nature

I am nature.
I am an artist, designing
delicate patterns of petals
with a palette of shades
lavender, scarlet, blue
painting the earth for you.
I am a gift of beauty.

I am nature.
I am a cathedral mountain,
with a lake at my feet,
oozing turquoise,
mirroring snow-capped peaks,
dotted with sparkles
spilled by the sun.

I am nature.
I am the wind I exhale,
the seed that travels
on my breath to become
tree, shrub, or flower.
I am a sage whose wisdom
is the ceaseless wind.

I am nature.
I am a fierce lion,
I am a grand elephant
our silhouettes fading,
habitats gone,
hunted by guns,
leaving only silence.

I am nature.
I am a gift of life,
the elixir of oxygen,
sucked from the ocean
as temperatures rise,
drawn from the air
as trees disappear.

I am nature.
I howl into the woods;
the echo of wilderness
reminds me of the time
we lived in harmony,
when you were nourished
by my sanctuary.

I am nature.
Once, you were part of me.
Dream back the trees.
Dream back the animals.
Abandon your emptiness
fill it with purpose:
the purpose of being alive,
of life itself.