"This is Not a Message About Global Warming" by ARK

It’s a cold afternoon. Right now, it’s easy to imagine snow falling outside the window. Though that’s only in my head, the weather still reminds me of the Christmas season.

I like it. Surely if I tried to sleep now, I’d get sweet dreams. I’ll snuggle up in bed and hug my warm blanket… But that doesn’t seem like a good thing to do. Somehow, something doesn’t feel right. Something doesn’t fit. Oh, that’s right. It’s SUMMER.

It’s been a rainy summer, and it’s not supposed to be like that. It’s not supposed to remind me of Christmas. It’s supposed to be hot. It’s supposed to remind me of beaches and pools.

This isn’t a message about global warming. I don’t want to preach to you about that. Garbage is 

everywhere, anyway. The ozone has a huge hole on it, anyway. What can a single message do?

It’s not like nobody’s tried. A lot of people care. Some of us “love” Mother Nature enough to cut down trees, make paper, and write “save the trees” on them. Sarcasm aside, some people actually do care about Mother Nature. We do all we can to save her. That’s what love is.

After all, everything we do, no matter how small, matters. We are just tiny bacteria, residing on Mother Nature’s skin. It’s funny how we can choose to be good bacteria, or bad bacteria. We’re that small anyway. Unfortunately, some choose to make her sick.

I can’t say I blame the innovators either. Technological advances are bound to happen. The world is bound to change. Of course! How else are we supposed to live without all these things that never existed before we were born? How will we survive without all these gadgets that make life easier? That goes without saying that it’s slowly killing all of us.

Sarcasm aside, I benefit from technology too. Some are admittedly cool, some are admittedly functional. Some, however, are too accessible to the public that they became trends, and no longer useful tools.

We can’t actually choose. We certainly can’t keep both. It’s either Mother Nature, or Modernism. And sadly, Mother Nature is on the losing side. It’s inevitable and it’s horrifying. The only planet we can live on is…nevermind.

I’m not preaching, by the way. I’m just saying that I’m bothered by all these changes in the weather. I’m just saying that maybe you should be bothered too. This is our home, after all.