The Environment

• Emma Bell, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2020

The environment.
A place where we deserve to feel safe...
The calm rustle of the swaying trees, the gleeful tweets of colourful birds,
The bright, blue sky, the lush, green grass,
The delicate butterflies fluttering in the air, the rich flowers blooming,
Everything is lovely, until...
BOOM!
The raging flames build up, up, up, until no one can stop them...
The spectacular trees crash to the ground, the chirps of joyous birds end,
The magnificent, blue, sky turns to amber, the thick grass turns to ash,
The exquisite butterflies slowly fall, the vivid flowers melt painfully,
The environment is left in darkness,
No one believes it can be brought back to life...
If only a glimmer of hope would come into this world and turn the bad to good...
The environment.
A place where we deserve to feel safe...