Water’s Revenge

I was so beautiful, once. I'd glistened, dripping lazily off the leaves of exotic plants. 

Now, they tear down the rainforests. 

I'd sparkled in the sunlight, frozen in the Antarctic.

But their fossil fuels are melting the glaciers.

I'd provided them ample food and drink within my pristine rivers and oceans.

And yet, they throw their garbage in me.

I should be appreciated. Protected.

I'm the key to life.

Instead, the humans just waste me, poison me. Neglect me.

But no more.

I'll teach them all a lesson. Let’s see how they fare when I retreat deep into the earth where they can’t reach me.

I’ll destroy them, they way they tried to destroy me.

Then, the Earth can begin anew.

Katie Dee is a lover of microfiction from Nashville, Tennessee.