Earth Day

An Earth Song

by Langston Hughes 

It's an earth song,—
And I've been waiting long for an earth song.
It's a spring song,— 
And I've been waiting long for a spring song.
    Strong as the shoots of a new plant
    Strong as the bursting of new buds
    Strong as the coming of the first child from its mother's womb.
It's an earth song,
A body song,
I have been waiting long for this spring song.