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At The End Of The World

Elliot McKay

9th Grade

Poetry

2023-2024 Spring

I can’t live with my future decided
I can’t grow knowing I will be there,
At the end of the world.
I can’t know if the Earth will heal or
Wither and
Be razed
By the greediness of men
Wishing goodness for themselves
Unknowingly dooming others.
Taking all that was mine, burning the land I need to grow
Living by death
Death of my future
Death of love and
Hope
Destroying all I have to call my future
My life
My ocean, the Blue Heart
Choked, strangled, suffocated
In the overwhelming greed of
plastic
My Mother Earth, ripped and torn
Boundless wonders less than cared for
Pulled from those who care, more than we can comprehend
Tearing out our spirits
Saying goodbye
To me
To me
To me
And you

and sing

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