My beautiful daughter, Sarah, wrote this today, moved by the dire need to preserve her planet for all youth.
How long will you wait?
How long will you watch?
The world isn’t all it used to be.
Now, there are mortal monsters, waiting just behind the smoke screen.
Guns, wars, drugs, a thousand things to watch for, to warn against, while people hide behind the veil they have made.
Sunny beaches harbor giant jellyfish, because we’ve destroyed their natural habitat.
Ice is melting, sea levels rising, polar bears can’t swim forever, and Santa Claus isn’t going to fix our problem for us.
The flowers are wilting, the corn isn’t growing, and the oil is burning away our protection shield.
The trash is building, buried in the earth, out of sight out of mind…
How long will you wait?
How long will you watch?
There isn’t time to waste, there isn’t a second chance to take, here we ask, for you to stand, against the figures that would have us destroy a true masterpiece.
Don’t wait and don’t just watch.
By Sarah Geddry, Age 14
