I, too, would shout and scream

kick and bite

and do every dirty trick

I could

If you were trying to hurt me

and had been doing so for a long time.

Floods, tornadoes, extreme heat, pandemic…

have had to become your defense weapons.

And so, my Mother Earth,

I have no complaint with you.

You have no choice.

You have forgiven us too many times before

and we are no longer

worthy of your grace.