One of our creative entries to ‘The World’ submitted by Welland Park Academy students who wrote about what they love about it and what needs to change.
Dear World,
you need to understand not sit back and just demand
help those who need it most
but please, don’t forget the host
don’t watch the sea cry
because one day our planet will die
help remove the plastic bags
and stop with the unnecessary tags
does that item need a case?
because one day it’ll end up in that place,
that skip that we disregard
because eco seems far too hard
just simple swaps
and well made tops
call out the brands which kill our planet
could make a change, but how can it?
three hundred thousand tonnes a year
but to everyone, “Surely, it’ll disappear?”
maybe, one day, two hundred years on
you can finally say your old clothes are gone
but for this world, it is hard to forget
helping us in advance, only to regret
continuously giving us supplies
even while Earth gradually dies
I am almost afraid to say
it is too late to start today
my generation has known their whole life
and now we struggle against the strife
for this is no normal war
more like a daily chore
we now must act together
as our world won’t last forever
Bring closer our countries, and continents
and our lives
for it’s the only way our world survives
so dear people, please understand
as Earth needs no reprimand
but simply state,
with no due hate that we must change.
