The Vanishing Girl

(The journey of a young boy)

The day turns into night covering the light of hope. Sun is
scorching more and more ready to burn the winter soul. Stars can hardly
be seen, never twinkling. The luminosity of the moon is the toxic
roaming upon humankind. It felt so distressing to think all about this.
What have you done? What have I done? What happened to our
paradise? The place where we used to play and sing a song, the place
that is supposed to be taken care by you and me. What happened? I dont
know why.
Let me tell you this. I can hear the lady`s voice! She`s begging for
help and aid. She is suffering from severe pain cause by humankind.
My trees have been cut down and turn to furniture; my river is now a
dumping area for all your wastes, the air turns to be gloomy full of
hazardous elements she said. The time I heard her voice, I asked myself
who is this woman talking inside my mind? then I realized it must be
her. The woman inside my brain is Mother Nature. The ambassadress of
our nature. But why is she talking to me? Why me? I dont understand
the situation at all, so why me? Then she whisper because I know you
can and you will. I can what? I will what? My thoughts are now
brainstorming inside me, I dont know what to do and can`t decide, I
cant even move at all. Maybe it`s just my rich imagination who is doing
all this stuff. I tried to ignore it, but the voice is getting louder and louder
as if it`s going to explode out of my head. Then I tried to stay calm and
relax to fix my bewildered disoriented mind. What do you want me to
do? And what can I do? I asked. Be my voice! she replied. I dont
know what to say. Sleep and youll know what I mean she said once
more. Then the noise inside my head stopped. I felt unconscious as if

something wrapping my whole body, then out of knowingness Im now

asleep.
I had this, I dont know if it is a dream or vision. I`m riding a
golden gondola, so grand, it doesnt even touched the water. I`m
travelling from a muddy lake full of dead fishes and other marine life,
my tears are ready to descend from my eyes, as if the fishes are talking
to me asking for help. As I go far from travelling, the surroundings
changed. I am now nearly to the summit of the Garbage Mountain. The
aroma of this place is awful; I can smell the twisted-psychotic-bad
attitude of human. As I reach the summit, I can see the old paradise that
used to be the safe haven of any living things here on earth. The land is
now full of plastics, a graveyard for the humanity. Harmful chemicals
are now flowing from river instead of clean fresh water, and the trees
have been cut down and only the desperate roots are visible, flowers are
now afraid to bloom. The birds cannot find a beautiful and serene place
to land on. And the remaining forests are now being covered with the red
flower. The voice talked to me again, this is your task, this is your job,
it`s up to you what to do, Ill leave it to you because I trust you and I
know you can do it. The alarm clock beside me starts to snooze making
me to arouse from my deep dream and of course to fall from my bed.
Sweat covers my body as if I`m newly bathed. My dream is clear to me;
I can remember it crystal clear. The voice commanded me to take care of
the so called human PARADISE.
Let me take this opportunity to encourage you to join me help and
aid Mother Nature who is a big help for us from the beginning of our
lives. The one who is there ready to help and lend us hand in times of
calamity and deluge. She created and sacrifices her trees to create a
barrier for us against strong winds. Offered us her vast, deep, blue ocean
in order for us to gather and harvest fishes for our daily goods so that we

will not die on starvation. Her land for us to be settled on and feel
comfortable and experience the true meaning of living. You might ask
me this isnt it your Mother Nature is the one who is responsible for all
this calamities and destruction? She has the control right? She can
command the land, water, fire and air. So if you look it deeply she is the
suspect for all this happening. Well, dont blame her for all this
calamities we are experiencing right now. We are the one who made all
this. We are the true demon of ourselves. We are the true enemy of our
own. We throw our deposits everywhere, right? We are greedy for
mineral and natural resources, right? It`s all about us! Mother Nature is
just a victim here in the first place. So you dont have the right to blame
anything on her.
We all can do something and anything for us to patch up our
mistakes and our wrong doings. But why is that you are running away?
Can`t we do something? Of course yes, we can. It would all start with
us. Within ourselves. We are just lacking on some values which is
important to repair this mess. The values which can lead us to selfreinstallation and earth-restoration. We can`t just find it. But once we
found it, nurture, cherish, cultivate and foster it. Let me tell you one
value that will help you achieve this change; DISCIPLINE. We all need
discipline on achieving this change. Self discipline to be exact. To
achieve something worthy, we need to hold back our self on doing
wrong things. We must be eager enough to do such revolutionize things.
As Mahatma Gandhi once said Be the change you want to see in the
world and I strongly believe in that. This Gandhi`s words inspired me
to take the lead despite the doubt I will be facing. We must be the reason
of change; our ways should encourage others to do things which are
worth trying or dying.

The world is changing- for better and for worse. For people who
are optimistic- it is getting better. For those who do not want to take
action and responsibility- it is getting worse. As one of the optimistic
people, I too believe that the world is getting better. I want to believe
that it is getting better. Young people of my age are becoming aware of
the different challenges that they have to face- especially in becoming
responsible caretaker of Earth. People my age are taking actions in the
restoration of the world.
The world is rapidly changing. Annihilation, destruction and
devastation are the guests of the human race. The clear sky is now a mini
black hole ready to soak up the dreadful soul of the human. The
sanctuaries of Pan befall into a muddy hell cause by our greediness and
hunger. The rich gift of land, water and air that are supposed to protect
us and to be protected by us are now no better than a glass full of rust.
But we cannot blame it all to one person, it is us who are guilty, deserve
the consequences and wrath of nature. Cant you see? The floods,
hurricanes, unpredictable earthquakes, changing of climate are just the
few causes of our wrong doings. Open your eyes, cant we do
something? Now is the time to move, to open your eyes and act. You
dont need to be old enough to do things and to fix the imperfections of
our twisted practices. Think before it`s too late!
Now is the good moment. Now is the best time to take action and
make a change.
-jhed aizon todenio