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Rory Tafuto

The Future

Submitted by Kathleen M. Tar... on April 25, 2008 - 17:17.

The Future

By Rory Tafuto
Woodstock Union Middle School, Grade 8

What does the future hold for us?
Smog filled skies and poison cars
And broken land with useless dust
And nature’s beauty behind bars?

Can I ever show my kids
(if they ever come my way)
The beauty of a sunset
At the end of the day?

Can I walk into a forest
And surround myself with trees
Yet know that it will remain
For me to visit as I please?

I know that I can today
Do all the things I’ve said
But when today is yesterday
Will all these things be dead?

Is every little thing
We care about so much
Not worth it in the end
Since we’re making such a big fuss?

Can I walk outside my house
On any average day
And breathe in the cool, fresh air
Safe for me to stay?

Will the earth come crumbling down
Just from our own race
And all the creatures suffer
Because we didn’t solve this case?

What luxury is worth this damage
Including your own car?
When every thing suffers

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