Earth

Earth.

Is that something to be seen? Is that something to be heard?

It is something to be felt.

Can you feel it? Can you feel the ocean waves against your soft skin?

Can you feel the rough dirt beneath your calloused feet from walking?

Can you feel the anguish in your heart as you look to the sky and see nothing?

No. You cannot feel anything. A single thing. You’ve lost it. Everything you’ve had.

And so did everyone else.

The love they used to feel began to shrivel into nothing but emptiness.

They have lost the happiness they had experienced when they looked to the sun.

They have lost the weight of the stress they had on the shoulders. But, losing that turned out to be awful.

They have lost the appreciation of their privileges.

You used to look at everything in colour—the trees green, the ocean blue, the people dressed in every hue.

But, the colour has drained. From your mind, your body, your soul. Not only yours, but everyone else’s as well.

Can we stand a world without colour? Without the emotion needed to move our day along? Without the rays of the sun on your skin while wearing that beautiful sundress your family had gifted you?

We cannot. We will not.

And so we left.

But, they ended up taking us before we could.