One By One

• Sera Ozgen, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2013

One by one,
The animals are dropping like flies,
Person by person,
The people are drowning in lies,
Branch by branch,
The trees are falling,
Breath by breath,
The air is stalling,
Cycle by cycle,
The waters in deaths cup,
Step by step,
The movement speeds up,
And second by second,
Day by day,
Year by year,
The world we know will disappear.