Note: This is a lesson that we learned from the recent
Metro Manila & Central Luzon flood, Sep.26,2009
The theme is inspired from the Book of Psalms

Earth, thou hast been our dwelling place
For all these years and generations to come
Thou art belongs to the universe, not ours
To own, to abuse thy wealth within thee
Before us, the sea, heavens, mountains,
And everything within, without
Thou art already Earth
Thou turnest man to destroy thee
And never give complaint
In the morning, care thee for us
They are like grass which groweth up
In the morning to come,
Thy servants flourisheth and groweth more
And in the evening without thy knoweth
Thy servants cut thee down and withereth
By thine anger, are we consumed
By thy wrath, are we troubled
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee
Threescore years and ten,
Fourscore years, thy servants carriest
To offend thy goodness, labour and sorrow
We knoweth the power of thy anger
That soon thy servants’ death is nigh
We will be cut off, we fly away forever
Oh Earth, give us thy wisdom
To teach us to number our days of fear
To teach us to repent and satisfy us
Early with thy mercy
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days
Oh Earth our only dwelling place
Forgive us, have mercy on us all! .

Noel Horlanda

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thou-hast-been-our-dwelling-place/