Submitted by Beverly, Aaron, and Kaylee Donovan of Burgess, VA
Father you see and know that your mountains are being destroyed by a select few.
Please guide and direct them to a better way of life.
Please bless all the good people who are working to stop mountaintop removal.
Please help me be an instrument of your peace.
This we pray in Your name, Amen.
A poem submitted by Angelyn DeBord. She is an Appalachian-born and raised storyteller, actress, playwright and workshop leader from Gate City, VA.
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***From a distance *
*the sound is of birds *
*rustling*
*threatened by my approach*
*their flight *
*is imminent.*
*that is the sound…*
*as I draw nearer*
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Submitted by Beth Lapides, author of “Did I Wake You? Haiku’s For Modern Living”
I give thanks for the mountain I live by, that drew me to it, magnetized me.
I ask for the strength of it. To protect other mountains, which protect us.
I offer my heart to the ground disprupted.
I wait for guidance to help create the world in which we can live by and with the mountains peacefully.
Love to all mountains, and all the valleys that the mountains define. In this moment and forever more.
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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition • Statewide Organizing for Community eMpowerment • Sierra Club Environmental Justice
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