Close your eyes
Because I want you to realize what’s happened
Interpret what will become
So close your eyes
Feel the ocean
The lack of commotion
Waves rocking you
I bet you’re not even thinking of the harsh reality stalking you.
Now open your eyes
The mellow sun tanning you
The air fanning you…..
You’re still happy but….
But these activities- they’re banning you from a life-long lived
Thinking any differently, well honey…
That's just a fib.
We might as well wrap this world in yellow caution tape
Because those holes in our ozone layer… they gape
Someone hand me a shroud to drape over this earth
Because it's as dead as dead
Dead as taking a bullet to the head
Now her grave stone
Plastic made stone
Rest in peace mother nature
Our legislature has failed us.
god bless her soul
Wherever she is
Up there in that
Co2 abyss…
My name is Emma Keith and I’m a sophomore at Newburyport High school. I am passionate about the environment, and I love writing poetry. I enjoy going to environmental club and participating in events that promote student activism like the green expo and the most recent climate change rally in Boston.