Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not. -Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
To the World, The Earth, Our home,
We as a race are destroying you, and I would like to apologize on behalf of (hopefully) us all.
I am sorry for ruining you, for taking your resources and making them weapons of mass destruction. I am sorry for making your once fertile grounds into war zones. I am sorry for blaming everything and everyone but ourselves. I am sorry for destroying this planet we live on and ruining it for our future generations. If we don't stop this soon, we will destroy whatever is left and we will destroy each other and I am sorry for that.
I am sorry for our protests that are for a good cause becoming another war in itself. I am sorry that these peaceful protests become violent. I am sorry we do not have great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi to help us. I am sorry we are fighting the people meant to protect us. And I am sorry that those same people are not protecting us. I am sorry that our government feels the need to stop these protests with military grade weapons and I am sorry that they are not accomplishing the desired outcome.
I am sorry that our great leaders are not honest. I am sorry that they lie to us, manipulate us and are deceitful. I am sorry that our world leaders cannot find a way to work together. I am sorry that in some nations they feel the need to fight against each other, instead of fighting together.
I am sorry that our justice system is failing us. I am sorry that women are not seen as victims of rape, and I am sorry that rape is even a word. I am sorry for the men who feel they can do whatever they want, and I am sorry for the judges who let them. I am sorry for the people who have been falsely accused and for the people who have not been properly punished.
I am sorry for the stereotypes we still seem to create and act on. I am sorry people are afraid to leave their house because of these stereotypes. I am sorry that nothing we do seems to be working. I am sorry racism exists and that it is still very much alive. I am sorry that people are hateful of others who are different from them. Wether it is race, religion, gender or sexuality, I am sorry for the hate we have caused. I am sorry that we are being divided even more so because of this.
I am sorry for the terrorists who feel the need to scare us every day. I am sorry that we are scared. I am sorry that our children will grow up in a world where this is 'normal'. I am sorry that this war does not seem to be ending. I am sorry we are considered the 'civilized' species. I am sorry we kill for sport and kill with hate. I am sorry we have become this way.
I am sorry for ruining you, for taking your resources and making them weapons of mass destruction. I am sorry for making your once fertile grounds into war zones. I am sorry for blaming everything and everyone but ourselves. I am sorry for destroying this planet we live on and ruining it for our future generations. If we don't stop this soon, we will destroy whatever is left and we will destroy each other and I am sorry for that.
Most of all, I am sorry that this may never stop, and I am sorry we have failed you.