Dear Mother Earth Jada Miskell

Dear Mother Earth,

I’m sorry. I’m extremely, honestly sorry. We have ripped out your hair and dug deep into your skin. We have burned you from the inside out and we have suffocated you. We have killed off so many of your beautiful animals for our greedy selves. We have made a sauna inside of you and we have made you cry, and soon there will be no more tears left and the world will be engulfed in that sadness. You have gifted us this beautiful planet, and we have taken it for granted. I’m sorry; I want to help you, but I don’t know how.

Jada Miskell, Grade 7 Valley View Middle School, Bloomington Teaching Artist, Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre