Great poem. I love the ending especially. Great philosophy, too.

Yes, our poor mother has been savaged by greedy pioneers. Such as shame. Blessed Be.

this sounds like what i, and probably many others, have been saying. i loev the way you wrote it though, and your rhymes are as good as i remember. gosh i havent talked to/read your stuff in forever. thanks for the review, by the way, and i'm sorry i didint reply to it right away. my computer is dead, i'm in the linray right now