I'm Still Here

Prologue

It's still not to late to consider the environment's needs. Listen to the Earth's voice.

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I have been here longer than the sound of your footsteps—

Before your hands jabbed my skin,

Before you decided you owned me.

I filled your lungs with air—

But you fill mine with dense smoke.

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You forget,I recall everything—

The rivers that were once tranquil, clear,

The trees that once whispered,

The horizon that used to stretch endless,

Before you yanked the stars and threw them into your machines.

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I wait patiently.

I have waited as you just grab, and grab,

And grab.

The iceberg drips, faster each year—

Do you hear it?

Or are you too busy drowning out its faint rhythm?

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You build tall towers on my soil,

They go up higher, higher,

They’re your escape from what’s coming.

But I am everywhere.

I am in the pollution of your cities—

In the water that will no longer run—

In the oppressive heat on your skin

The warning you won’t heed.

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I quiver sometimes—

It’s the pain.

Your gift to me.

You call it a disaster.

I call it a reminder.

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I’ve always changed,moved,

Swallowed entire lifetimes

Given birth to new ones.

But you—you shove me too far—

Even tall mountains vanish under your touch,

A victim of your unsatiated hunger

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Still, I live.

Even as you burn me,

Carve me,

Grope me

Forget me.

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See the tall grass beside your roads,

The wildflowers that peek underneath their cracks—

I’m still here,

Beneath your feet,

below your ignorance.

But you cannot live without me,

And I—I will live long after you’re gone.

I am forgiving,

But not forever.

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So listen, while you still can—

There’s time,

Not much—

But enough.

Please remember

That I am not your toy.

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I want to breathe with you once more,

Feel your hands plant new trees, not scars,

Hear your laughter in the air,

Not your loud sobs.

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When I am gone.

Now, I am still here

I am still here.

I am still here.

But..

Where are you?

Where are you?

Where are you?

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I will be here, when you answer me.