"She's Alive... Beautiful... Finite... Hurting... Worth Dying for."

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27. I'm In Mourning

I'm here,
mourning my impending demise,
barely clinging to what remains.
I look around, not many here.
most merely give up,
move on to another affair,
leaving me here...alone.
yet as I wait, and watch,
and struggle for air,
the dust of dirt,
seeks a place to settle,
again and again, here, and there.
but torrents of raging water
easily discover their escape,
claiming pathways in between.
and while the tide has its way,
the scorched and withered
finds a final place to stay.
and so for now...
I remain as I am,
a body of untreated scars;
too often not noticed.
still, I'm here...waiting.
I'm worn down,
battered and abused;
from the outside,
to the inside.
bit by bit; so very torn.
and as I stand against time,
longing for a light of hope,
I hear ticking below,
and above, and all around.
still, visitors come,
and visitors go.
and for those who don't believe,
I remain unamused.
for as I die; so shall you.
my soil is my grave.
death waits for me;
to most though, It's just another day.
but for me...moments of time,
is all I have to give.
and to God, I give my body to save.
my name is Earth...help me; I pray.