Earth Day/Sustainability Stories
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2025 Sustainability Short Story Finalist
Martha vR (8th)
The Hourglass
I stumble for breath
The scent of death sits upon my tongue
My fingers strain to hold onto the world
I get only ash crumbles off in return
My life is burning
I am burning
There is nothing I can do
The world is dying
I am dying
The dark blanket covers me
An ocean of blackness
Muting my senses
I am falling through the hourglass
Swimming through the sand
It is too late
The sand rises
And I remember
The hopes
The dreams
The love
The world
The wild oceans
The towering peaks
The bending forests
The never ending deserts
The frozen icebergs
Gone
Just
Like
Me
It held us tight
We let it go
We had a chance
We didn't take it
My fingers brush through the never ending sand
Straining for something
For anything
For hope
And they find it
They find the seed
The glass cracks
It falls apart
A waterfall of sand
The current takes me and finally
Finally
The sand stands still
I let my fingers dig through the sand
Letting the sand get caught in my nails
Digging so far that I finally am able
To plant the seed
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