Zimbabwe Seven

Category: Uncategorized | Date: Aug 09 2008 | By: zimbabwe7

“Will you ever begin to understand the meaning of the soil beneath your very feet? From a grain of sand to a great mountain, all is sacred. Yesterday and tomorrow exist eternally upon this continent. We natives are the guardians of this sacred place.  Peter Blue Cloud Mohawk”

I recently read this quote from Peter Blue Cloud Mohawk. Tears welled up in my eyes when I re-read the quote.

How many times do we walk upon this earth? Each step we take, should be scared – yet we are so totally unaware of that. Each breath we breathe should be pure, yet it is us (humans) who continue to pollute it. In Zimbabwe it is winter and the sky is crisp blue just waiting to be touched, the grasses beneath are straw yellow, full of seeds waiting for the rains when they can germinate. With the lack of concern those seeds will soon burn in the fires which rage through out this country at this time of year. Each seed that is burnt reduces the graze which is required for the animals who survive from the land. With each action that we take there is a reaction. If we, this generation do not pay for the crimes we continue to make, then the next generation will.

Are we being the natives of this earth – this scared earth, are we truly nurturing it for the next generation? With each blink of my eye, I find myself taking silent Kodak pictures which will be stored in my memory. My horror is that those Kodak moments will be mine and mine alone as what the future brings – may exclude so many of those wondrous moments, herds of elephants drinking at a water hole. Pride of lions playing as a family, flocks of birds flying high above my head at dusk with the pinks, oranges alighting the sky.

If we are the natives or guardians of this scared place, are we doing what has to be done?

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