English version of thedutchversion . Any mistakes, please let me know, so I can correct. (my knowledge of the English language isn’t that good anymore)
The Earth doesn’t
The Earth doesn’t divide in good or bad
The human does (or was it God?)
The Earth doesn’t see, guilty or innocent
The human does
The Earth doesn’t cheer the victory nor screams defeats
The human does
The Earth doesn’t know
The human does
The Earth,
She just lives, constantly searching for balance
She doesn’t know that She is giving, nor that She’s taking
She doesn’t feel that She the hostess, the Only one
For the life in every way, of all creatures
No, the Earth doesn’t seek revenge
She searches balance
She recovers, again and again and … one more time?
What were the humans doing?
The humans were dreaming again,
About green and sky blue, yellow and coral red
About turquoise and even all shades of grey
They were dreaming again of dancing and singing
Eating together and drinking and laughing
And everybody who wanted, joined them
And others watching it saw that it was alright as well
The were dreaming again
Of ordinary floods
And of ordinary hot summers
And the usual wet autumns
And the severe winters
And please, also the ordinary erratic springs
All seasons on their own spot on the globe and in their own time
The rivers showed their meanders again
The fish, not aware of their destiny, prepared themselves
The humans dreamed of the elephant, the fox, the hare and the giraffe
The pheasant, the weasel, the wild boar, the snake and even the scary thick spider
That they all had a spot again, their own space
They, the humans, dreamed that they had enough space themselves
There was always each other, right?
The children, they could exist, they could laugh, jump, discover
They don’t see any differences, those children, they were save
And they dreamed on, of the trees and bushes, the plants and flowers
They were allowed again, even the weeds had their space
And all those colors of fruit, vegetables, herbs
They continued growing and giving, giving
The humans dreamed further, the would know what they had to know
Just like that
No gluten, no lactose or sugar on packages
There was enough for everybody
They shared, they gave, they took
What they needed, what was left over
And the humans, they dreamed again
That they would learn again
That they knew again, really knew
They even dared to dream about hugging, handshaking, holding hands in circles and swings,
Hooking arms, kissing, making love, romping, comforting one another
They rediscovered their own capacities and walked, ran, hiked, took the tram or the train
A few swam
Ayla* and Earth knew how to reconcile
They didn’t ‘know’, they didn’t think
Things were as it happened
And the humans dreamed again
Of humility and gratefulness
Of reconciling
They humans discovered, only in slowness, far countries
Of all the green and other colors, the animals, the oceans, the air, the sun and the moon ànd about themselves
They were enough. But now, now they were still dreaming.
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