Outstanding ECO Poem Winner…please read

This poem was written by Lexie Vance, a 10th grader from Grayson County High School.  This poem won their ECO contest and was too good not to share…

Beneath our feet

You

Moving slowly and silently

Beneath our feet

You sound as if you

Wanted something

Cleaner and calmer

In some areas more than others

All you want is to be free

Free of trash.

As you look above your rocky core

You see the ozone

Depleting as if something went wrong

Freeing all the gases we managed

To gather

Letting in heat over our comfort zone

Some wish you no harm

But others refuse to care

Dying beneath us you whisper your apologies

Calmly and quietly you gather

You don’t gather what you need

So you begin to shrivel

Beneath our feet