Nov 18, 2007 21:49
I feel like I'm stuck in rut. I entered this tunnel b/c I thought that possibly it would be a short cut. But I've been crawling for years, through this damp smelly tunnel. There are leaks in the pipe, there are cracks that show me that there is in fact daylight, but I can not find the end.
Today I found the end of the tunnel. I crawled out, it was really hot and the air was so thick with smog that I could barely breathe. There was garbage all over and everyone that was walking around had oxygen masks on. But there weren't a lot of people.
I stood up and dusted myself off. While struggling to breathe, I walked around and looked at the city that I once knew, the city that I had grown up it. Most of the buildings were in shambles and the people who were walking around seemed to be almost zombie like.
I tried to figure out what was going on and it finally hit me. This is what happened with the global warming. It's soo hot out here, more hot than I ever remember Rochester to be, and it hurts to breathe. There are chemicals in the air. No one is driving in cars, they are just walking around and it appears that most of these people live in the shambled houses. The stores are mostly closed down. This is what it looks like. The chemicals in the air have gotten to these people's brains. They are just wondering around, looking for food to stay alive for another day.
I don't see anyone that I even remotely recognize. This scares me since my entire family lives in this town and this can't just be Rochester. It must be like this everywhere. How long was I in that tunnel? Am I asleep? What the fuck is going on here?
Then I do wake up. It was a dream, but I don't think that it was just some random dream with no meaning. I think that it was a wake up call. Something telling me that I need to advocate taking care of the planet. What else can I do? I recycle, I drive a 4 cylinder car. I don't litter, and I don't even smoke anymore. I try to tell everyone to do all of this as well.
But just now, it has hit me, that I need to figure out how to do more. I need to take responsibility for what the entire world has done to our planet. This is supposed to be a time that the earth cools, but b/c of us, it's not, it's only warming, and fast.
Well I'm tired now so I shall go to sleep, hopeful that people may join me in my HUGE fight to save the planet.