I’ve seen children go to school each day, with a big bag full of books and wisdom of all sorts. I’ve seen generations grow old and fade away. I’ve seen relationships break and I’ve seen friends unite. I’ve lived through every second every century and never did I ever find someone who truly truly cares. I’ve seen all the broken promises and posters. How people claim they love and protect Mother nature. “Go Green.” What good is going “green” when each one of those plants lives a life worse than death? A life so torturous, a life that isn’t worth living. Every day, I see cars go by, leaving their pollution for us to see. Every day I see people walk by and throw their wastes at parks or at the roadside. And by the end of the day, a storm comes in and sweeps my family away.
These posh humans go to havens of knowledge each day-learn about all parts of plants, parts of cell, how plants grow, how they get their food but out of all that load of information, these lousy humans didn’t seem to understand one crucial thing- that we are as living as them. Somehow, everyone seems to know how we make our own food, how we survive the days but they can’t wrap their head around the fact that we too feel. We’re hurt and in pain. We’re broken. And no one seems to know it.
So why make big promises when you can’t take the smallest step. We don’t need campaigns or plant drives. We don’t need you to water us each day-the rain does that. We certainly don’t want to hear the usual rants about “going green”. All I ask for, is just care. Just care enough to not ruin each day. Just care enough to see us as who we are- living breathing souls and not entities you can use.
That’s what I felt today. I felt so tired, so fed up with everything, I knew I needed to vent. I can only hope that there’s someone listening. Nature- From the plant community
Thoughts voices by Rishona Chopra, Grade IX, Gyanshree School
