Earth is Dying

I’m scared. 

I’m scared 

When I think about 

What is going to happen to us. 

Will it be centuries? 

Or decades? 

Or years?

Our world

Is changing,

And those changes

Are not invisible.

I see it

Everywhere.

And you would see it, too

If you chose too.

It’s flooding in winter

Scorching in summer

And autumn and spring are so unpredictable

That it’s impossible to know

What kind of weather

The next day will bring.

Plants are dying

Animals are dying

People are dying

And if we don’t stop 

And take a step back

And look around

And realize what we’ve done . . .

Then we’re all going to die. 

I know

It’s depressing

And horrifying

And heartbreaking.

But we need to admit

To ourselves

And to our world

That we are DESTROYING OUR PLANET.

And we don’t

Even deserve

To call it ours.

Unless 

We try harder

To stop the ice from melting

To stop polluting the oceans

To stop dropping trash on the ground because we’re too lazy to walk two steps to a trash can. 

No

Trying is not enough. 

We’ve been trying

For centuries.

We have to actually

Do something. 

Or else

We will be trapped

In this beautiful, gruesome world

As it shatters 

Sending pieces raining down 

Around us.

So 

Tell your friends

Spread the word

Do instead of try

Because 

Earth is dying.