Thursday, January 21, 2010

Dear Earth,

Dear Earth,
You have brought me so many beautiful memories of the spring breeze blowing the hair out of my face, the spring sun that's never too hot, but always perfect, the springy grass that I get to run on during the spring. You presented me with the feeling of the type of coldness you get when you sled for three hours; how your nose is so frozen, you don't know if it's there anymore. You've provided the beautiful flowers that grace us with their presence and invite bugs. You jut the mountains out at just the right place, but you keep them down in others. You have millions of trees that provide (oxygen (: )a shelter or tree house for little kids (and sometimes teens) to play in.
But on top of that, you bring us life. The ability to walk around, to play, to laugh, to love. You keep us happy, you make us sad (Because winter isn't always the happiest season).
But how do you feel this? Do you feel the happiness from little kids playing hide and seek as they hide in the neighbor's bushes? Do you feel pain for those inflicted on your soul that were wounded in a war? Do you grieve for your fallen forests that you took centuries to nourish and make, to save living creatures that only live there?
Do you weep tears of joy when you feel another baby tree grow?
Do you weep tears of sadness when one is lost?
Do you wonder why people leave their trash on the ground?
Do you feel anger for all of the landfills on your precious self?
You've brought us great things, and the best thing we can do, is to repay you with such gratitude...
Sincerely,
Courtney.

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