Adorations to Jord
by Sarenth
I adore You, Mother of Midgard
I adore You, Mother Earth
I adore You, Bountiful Goddess
I adore You, Ocean-Carrier
I adore You, Green-Grower
I adore You, Desert-Crafter
I adore You, Glacial-Kissed
I adore You, Deep Cavern
I adore You, Rolling Hill
I adore You, Windswept Plain
I adore You, Mighty Mountains
I adore You, Great Lakes
I adore You, Tectonic Shifter
I adore You, Shaking One
I adore You, Constant-Spinner
I adore You, Balanced Home
I adore You, Fecund Ground
I adore You, Blasted Trees
I adore You, Frozen Peaks
I adore You, Eroding Crags
I adore You, Magma-Holder
I adore You, Molten Core
I adore You, Chaos and Order
I adore You, Cradle of Life
I adore You, Cradle of Dead
I adore You, Daughter of Annarr
I adore You, Daughter of Nótt
I adore You, Lover of Odin
I adore You, Mother of Thor
I adore You, Whose skin is the Earth we live on
I adore You, Whose flesh we burrow in to find metal and mineral
I adore You, Whose bounty is shared at each table, each plate, each bowl
I adore You, Whose rain blesses Her fields, allowing us to live
I adore You, Whose many children bless us with their lives, their milk, their fur, bone, and bodies
I adore You, Whose Children speak to us through animal, bud, leaf, flower, and chitin
I adore You, Whose Children speak to us through land, from cavern to highest mountain
I adore You, Whose Children speak to us in grove, expanse of desert, and our homes
I adore You, Whose Children live in the walls of our homes, the ground, all that allows us to live
I adore You, Whose Children allow us to live in all these places, whether through fiber or fur
I adore You, Whose blood powers the engines of our technology
I adore You, Whose flesh gives that technology form
I adore You, Who allows us live despite our burgeoning population
I adore You, Who suffers our negligence
I adore You, Whose body is ravaged by our greed
I adore You, Whose rainforests are at risk
I adore You, Whose Children still risk themselves for the sake of Your wild places
I adore You, Whose Children still risk themselves for the sake of Your sacred places
I adore You, Whose Children fight each day to reclaim our balance with You
I adore You, Whose Body is neglected and abused by Her Children
I adore You, Whose Flesh is rent and discarded without care for Her pain
I adore You, Whose skies, seas, rivers, oceans, are full of Death and Life itself there is threatened
I adore You, Who gives Life despite all these calamities
I adore You, Who still gives us Life despite all these abuses
I adore You, Who treats humanity with patience
I adore You, Who demands we change our ways
I adore You, Who brooks no path but Her own
I adore You, Who, in the face of our technology, shows our vulnerability
I adore You, Who, in the face of despair, shows us kindness
I adore You, Who is drought and doom, fecundity and flowering
I adore You, Who, if we listen, can lead us to Harmony with You
I adore You, Who, if we observe, can show us a new life
I adore You, Who, if we act, gives us the chance to make our lot, and that of our neighbors, better
I adore You, Who is my home
I adore You, Who is my Mother
I adore You, Who is the Mother of Midgard
I adore You, Midgard Herself
From barren waste to blooming garden,
From old-growth forest to icy tundra,
I adore You, Jörð
