"And I don't want the world to see me,
cuz I don't think that they'd understand.
When everything's meant to be broken,
I just want you to know who I am."
- Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls
Time to torture people again! Life's become insanely busy(tho I still don't seem to get any work done :p) and parents even more strict, but I manage.
So today in school was the yearly CCA competition....Essay, slogan and poetry writing. The topics were incredibly stupid, but it was compulsory. So I was forced to compose a a poem on the topic 'Give us back our beautiful Earth' (yuck). It was written in midst of a splitting headache and the usual insane laughter, but pls don't let that affect your judgement ;)
Give us back our beautiful Earth
Blighted dead land where once deer bounded,
Desert and dry sand where once the lion's roar sounded.
Green Flora to parched brown gives birth,
As ghosts of Fauna cry" Give us back our beautiful Earth"
Clear blue turns to oily black,
And froth replaced by bodies, dead and slack.
Poseidon defeated in an acid game,
"Give us back our beautiful Earth", the fish exclaim.
Plastic, waste and smokey sky,
Now are the reason for a child's cry.
When will the humans sway,
"Give us back our beautiful Earth", will they say?
Well, that's that. But even tho the topic might suck for poetry writing, I'm प्रेत्टी much into environmental awareness(if that's the term I'm looking for; can't think straight due to aforementioned headache) It's after all one of the most serious problems we face. I mean, its no longer something that might affect only future generations; recent studies show that the next ice age could happen in the next 40-50 yrs, which is definitely within our life times. Of course, I'm no one to preach ( I can barely keep my room clean) .But unless we all like to be refrigerated, each of us needs to contribute. It doesn't take much effort, you know. For example, these are the few things I find I can do:-
* Use an ink pen or one of those recycled pens whenever possible (less plastic!)
* Use recycled paper notebooks for rough etc, and reuse all old notebooks with blank pages.
* When shopping, don't take a polythene bag unless absolutely necessary.
* Keep taps closed (especially while brushing- you save a litre of water!) and lights off......It even saves money!
* Dissuade parents from using the Tata Safari instead of the normal car, cuz an SUV causes 50% more global warming. ( hmm, this attempt has been unsuccessful so far!)
*Don't burn crackers on Diwali- they cause three types of pollution all at once- air, noise and littering! Its just as much fun to watch others do it. Or find some other Eco-friendly way to spend Diwali.
Like I said doesn't take much effort. Remember, life can be pretty lousy when the Earth's covered in metres of ice!
