The girl looks through her window, barely clear enough to see through.
Thrusting it open, she sits on the sill and takes in the vision lain before.
Winds blow through a desolate barren wasteland.
Trash covers the ground, coating every bit of open surface.
The air is so toxic, it's impossible to breathe.
Looking across the destroyed, garbage-ridden landscape,
Earth's abuse rings loud and clear.
Everything that was ever alive or here, is gone.
Death's burning scent lingers in the air.
The girl runs her fingers down the rotting windowsill and sighs.
She looks up trying to find the sun through the clouded haze.
Its rays barely peek through.
And yet it's so unbearably hot...
Damn mankind and their pollution and waste.
They destroyed a planet once alive, full of lavish life and beauty.
Where many lives took place, many wars were fought.
Many tragedies held, and many friendships created.
But all is gone, blown away with the traveling wind.
She closes her windowsill and retires to bed.
All that remains is still.
Author notes
This actually started as an english essay on pollution but I turned it into a poem.
I got a 100 on the essay : )
I picked this topic for this essay because I strongy believe in taking care of this Earth. Humanity is destroying this Earth, and soon it will destroy us. [our destruction will harm ourselves in the long run] We need to take better care of this Earth, before it's too late.
S a m a n t h a M a r i e
A contest entry
- Tribute To Planet Earth - PW Closed - ONLY ENTER THIS TOPIC by DancingShadowCorpse.
650 points, ended April 19, 18 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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I am impressed, the imagery is very vivid and it is written as if the Earth has already been destroyed by our ways.. i like it alot thanks for entering!
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thank you
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Wow a bleak outlook through the future's window!
Very apt, in order to stimulate a more caring awareness about where things may lead.
Very well done!
Sol
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omg sol I LOVE YOU!!!!
you just gave me a great title idea! i was unsure about this title, and you just gave me a perfect title! "Future's Window"
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I think yes and you're welcome... glad it was of help
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this is really good. at first i wasnt sure what it was based on. the apacolypse, world wars, or just plain old humans destroying the earth.
i completely think that this is what the world will become (hopefully not as soon as twenty years from now)if we dont start getting our acts together. this is really good and you deserved that 100.. haha. -
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haha thats exactly what i was going for!!!
i'm glad someone understood it.
thank you
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