Contest Entry- In year 2121, a woman returns to planet earth to find the unexpected |
Looking out into the abyss I wait with a million other Trenthions The great 50th year anniversary -- Earth day I can recall the Saving Escape propaganda, "Saving people from Earth. Saving Earth from people. No more people killing the earth No more earth killing the people." The computer sounds out, "1.14.2121, the forty-five minute Earth voyage now boarding" Packed like sardines, we soar The landing abrupt Everyone suited up, head to toe All inspections are made for leaks and tears Spacesuits and oxygen tanks are cleared to go The vessel opens its doors A thickness consumes us all, Pressing through the dense hazy fog I breath in, I breath out Praying my spacesuit is secure A couple steps forward A carcass catches my foot Dead birds lie all around There's nothing pleasant here All I see is death Death and haze Buildings uninhabited Black soot covers the walls This can not be the place I once loved Where my memories were formed This is the place where death abides I see nothing living here Not a plant, not a tree or even a worm There is no water here Only seas of soured foam And stale rivers of blood I'm ready for planet Trenthion To announce to all We mustn't do to Trenthion What we have done to planet Earth |