Nature's Anger

Great buildings before her have toppled like dominos She made them look as fragile as a castle of sand Built on the beach by children in the morning And washed out to sea when the tide floods the strand. Anything humans do build cannot withstand her anger The strongest of structures from their foundations she shake Compared to her we are just tiny insects There is nothing we can build that she cannot break. We who are arrogant do not respect her Though in her bosom we are destined to lay There is no greater force than Mother Nature On life and death she has the final say. There is some price to pay for our pollutants Our polluting of oceans, waterways and land Little we seem to know of Mother Nature And little of her ways we do understand. On ourselves we invite the anger of Nature She can shake to rubble our mightiest towers Yet she can be gentle the one we live off of And we see her great beauty in her blossoms and flowers.