Jesse Musinguzi, Grade 12
UWCEA Moshi
The water is brown
The fish are swimming upside down
The fisherman’s smile turned into a frown
Industries dumping waste and chemicals into water need to be put down
My tap water turned brown
I don’t even want to go outside
The air is filled with carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides
Being outside makes me dizzy and all weird inside
Now all I do is stay inside watching TV till my eyes are fried
I don’t want to go outside
When I am outside, I plant beans in my garden
And to my surprise, the soil has hardened
I’m sure the soil was fine last month, but now I’m not certain
I start digging only to find plastic bottles and pieces of an iron curtain
My garden is turning into a burden
The construction site is making lots of noise
Playing around with their mechanical toys
It’s much louder than the nights with the boys
Quiet is what noise destroys
I kind of want to play with those mechanical toys
Image Coutesy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2021/09/30/the-plastic-pollution-crisis/?sh=59ae715c78a5
The fish are swimming upside down
The fisherman’s smile turned into a frown
Industries dumping waste and chemicals into water need to be put down
My tap water turned brown
I don’t even want to go outside
The air is filled with carbon, sulfur, and nitrogen oxides
Being outside makes me dizzy and all weird inside
Now all I do is stay inside watching TV till my eyes are fried
I don’t want to go outside
When I am outside, I plant beans in my garden
And to my surprise, the soil has hardened
I’m sure the soil was fine last month, but now I’m not certain
I start digging only to find plastic bottles and pieces of an iron curtain
My garden is turning into a burden
The construction site is making lots of noise
Playing around with their mechanical toys
It’s much louder than the nights with the boys
Quiet is what noise destroys
I kind of want to play with those mechanical toys
Image Coutesy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2021/09/30/the-plastic-pollution-crisis/?sh=59ae715c78a5
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