Oh tormented earth; forgive us our trespasses as we have forgotten our own sacredness amidst your gentle womb. We walk upon your flesh, indignant in our right to take from you what does not belong to us. We have forgotten in all that we are, you provide the sustenance of our living breath, the nourishment of our beating hearts, the wisdom of our compromised minds. May we endeavor to know you completely and uninhibited by a fear so powerful that it diminishes our capability to respect you in the ways you deserve to be respected. Oh Mother earth, forgive us our trespasses. We KNOW what we are doing wrong. May we be given the courage to rise and do what needs to be done.