Happy Earth Day to You!

Earth Day

                                                                     

I am the Earth

And the Earth is me.

Each blade of grass,

Each honey tree,

Each bit of mud,

And stick and stone

Is blood and muscle,

Skin and bone.

And just as I

Need every bit

Of me to make

My body fit,

So Earth needs

Grass and stone and tree

And things that grow here

Naturally.

That’s why we

Celebrate this day.

That’s why across

The world we say:

As long as life,

As dear, as free,

I am the Earth

And the Earth is me. 

Jane Yolen, 

"Earth Day" from The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book. 

p.s.

(A beautiful nature mandala can easily be made in Photoshop 

using this great tutorial by Earth Mandalas)