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Apr 2013
The sky and the ocean were once lovers
Before the skies were darkened with grey chemicals
and before the seas were tainted with the haze of waste
They touched only at the horizon
but it was enough because the sky could always gaze down upon the waves
and the ocean's waves could always reflect the stars
and silver springs
that spread
like blood vessels
on the earth's surface
were always clear in sunlight
When man came
The ocean was gutted of its fish
The skies were corrupted by a constant haze of black smoke
it became so thick that the sun lost sight of the seas
and from then on the sky sent winds barreling across the ocean's surface, to try and clear the pollution
The winds tipped ships and took lives
and now these three things
man sky and sea
are forever caught in a vicious cycle
all killing one another
when all they need to do
is be aware of one another's presence
Katie Lorenzo
Written by
Katie Lorenzo  Chicago
(Chicago)   
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