Unsustainable

What did you expect was going to happen? The way we have been living has been unsustainable for a long time. Maybe we did not notice. It crept upon us as we were lulled into our dream worlds of moons, of our future villas, and flying cars. But She has been warning us. The storm here, drought there, wildfires, floods, loss of crops, and bees dying. Did I say bees? Not just bees. Right. You will tell me this was not Her doing. Maybe you are right. Maybe not. But what did you think was going to happen? Sometimes bee colonies collapse as the worker bees disappear.

Have we learned our lessons yet? Or, are we hiding from the truth. Or, naively say this will blow over. Our worker bees are out of work. Who is going to feed the future? DON’T PANIC! They say. This is fine. As we are lulled back into sleep by the sound of brrr. The collapse is imminent. Perhaps, we could even say it is necessary. But all the progress we made is lost? Progress? On what expense? The expense of life. Again and again. I wish I could tell you that your life mattered to them. But does it? Deep down, you know the answer. We are numbers. Statistics to compete with. And when we open our mouths, we become a problem.

What can be done? You would ask while grasping the memory of yesterday's world. Colorful dreams pulled over our eyes. Oh silly! Let go already! Time to take the red pill, Neo. Face the reality as it stares within the depths of you with empty eyes! Hungry to take your time and happiness away from you like a Dementor. Will you find the strength to call out Expecto Patronum? To shift the tide. To survive as that’s an order, Tak! What about Her? Will you poison and exploit Her as before? Maybe Agent Smith was right about us all along. You know, how I’ve been feeling about humans from time to time. Can we change? Change our ways? Stop the killing and being killed. You know, most of this is our own, humanity's doing. We all have participated in this result.

Ugly the truth is.