Arnav Hande

6th Grade
South Forsyth Middle School
Forsyth County
488 words

Shrinking Waters
Fish used to swim in my water. Dragonflies danced in the air. Deer galloped in my fields.
Then the humans came. They brought the big, ugly machines that spewed thick black smoke
into the air.Their raging bulldozers stripped my banks and my fields leaving behind no evidence
of life. They poisoned my water turning it into a deep red. The color of destruction. Then they
left. They left leaving behind nothing but an empty hole. A hole in the midst of chaos. Do they
not realize that they are slowly eating away at the place they call home.
Don’t be the kind of person who talks but doesn’t care. Who says but doesn’t do. Who acts,
but doesn’t believe. For your actions are the ones that describe who you are. So try to leave a
mark. The world is your home, and you should start treating it like that. As the scientist Jacques
Cousteau once said, “We often forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one”.
“But why?”, some people ask.”Why should we conserve when 75 percent of our world is made
of water?”. These individuals do not realize that only 3 percent is freshwater. People know this,
but they still continue to tear up the wetlands and poison the ponds. The Chattahoochee River
itself is getting infected at an alarming rate. 115 municipalities and industries are allowed to
dump pollutants into the river. At the same time, that “water” is flowing out of your tap.Future
generations won’t see The earth as a beautiful world. They will see it it as a wasteland. As the
historian, Thomas Fuller said,”We never know the worth of water till the well is dry”.
Anyone can make a difference. Everyone has the power to change the world. All you have to
do is dare to dream. So take the pledge. Pledge to conserve so that the world will not crumble
into nothingness. You don’t have to go big. Just take shorter showers and collect rainwater.
After all, it’s often the little things that make a big difference. Just like a stitch counts toward a
dress or a brick or nail is essential in building a home.So leave your mark on this world. Let your
name ring for centuries to come. There are many ways to save water, but they all start with you.
Water is the building block of life. All life depends on it. But now, it has become a global
garbage can. Thankfully, there is hope. There is hope that people will reunite to revive the place
that they call home, or else the war of the next century will be fought over water.
After all,
Everyone wants happiness
Nobody wants pain
But you can’t have a rainbow
Without a little rain

Arnav Hande
6th Grade
South Forsyth Middle School
Forsyth County

Bibliography

*http://mydropcounts.org/
*http://northgeorgiawater.org/
*http://www.atlantaregional.com/
*http://ga.water.usgs.gov/projects/bacteria/chattfacts.html
*http://www.brainyquote.com/