The Journey So Far...

Speech for Mother Earth
By Morten Wolf Storeide, Norway 2006

 

We are all human beings,

all people, you, me, our neighbours.

 

No matter where you live in this world,

if it is in Africa or South-America,

if it is in Asia, Europe or U.S.A,

we are all sisters and brothers in humanity.

 

All people of the world.

Whether rich or poor,

whatever colour, religion or political thinking,

we are all residents of this one planet,

Mother Earth.

 

The time has come to answer the questions.

Do we really want to destroy our home?

Do we really want war, hunger or disasters?

Do we really want to give our next generations

a planet in such a condition that there will not be any hope for survival?

 

Mother Earth is crying.

She is shivering in fear of loosing all her entrails.

As we dig and drill to get hold of what we think is right

towards a better wealth.

 

Mother Earth is crying

and soon she will not have any tears left.

And then it will be too late.

Time has come to unite and stand together.

Please, I ask you,

take each other hands,

lift them high and make a prayer

while The World Drum sings her song

and we feel her heartbeat.

 

It is the heartbeat of Mother Earth.

It is our heartbeat,

from each and one all over the world.

It is the heartbeat of life itself.

 

Let us make this heartbeat be able to continue.

 

 

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