Dear 2045

• Mahima Joshipura, Grade 7, The Gap State High School -
• Poetry
• 2020

Excellence Award in the 'The Inside Story 2020' competition

We're killing the earth and that's really "fun"
No one believes us because we are young
Our forests are turning to ash in a second
"Global Warming's an expensive little hoax"
Our factories are working and toxin's emitting
The ozone is crumbling and we won't stop putting-
Chemicals in what we're trying to breathe
Our future is stolen and we are the thieves
Sea levels are rising and icebergs are melting
The coral reefs are dying and no one is helping
Do you realize they keep the oceans alive
This started back in 1985
Dont come to me when your child can't think-
Of what a tiger is cause they're extinct
Dont cry to me when your fur coat ain't clean
The endangered list is now 41, 416.