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India Grant
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The war for love.
One second, two seconds, three seconds four. Tick tock tick tock consumes Tom Barnes’s mind - echoing with a thud to his skull every beat. Sweat drips down the side of his face as he watches the prolonged hands of the clock move to that sweet sweet 5.00 pm release from the office. "Get me out of here! Get me out of here!" Yelled the seemingly never-ending mantra in his mind. He could feel the agitation building within the air as his co-workers desperately rushed around him to finish their final jobs of the week. Tom could almost see the words, "I need a vacation,” tattooed on their foreheads. The cigarette he had been smoking burns his fingers and snaps him into his reality - his supervisor's towering figure looking down on him.
By India Grant3 years ago in Fiction
Listen to the Elders.
There are many facts about our environment's decline since the industrial revolution that are confronting. Some find it easier to avoid, I have been there many a time. Overwhelmed by the little it feels we can do, or that we simply do not know what to do. This feeling is not dishonest. Many people think they have the answer as well. I'm not denying that either as many a great mind is at work to solve the issues we have created. Yet, the two forces of corporate greed and environmental awareness are at play. This makes things even more frustrating when passion begins to evolve within the individual to protect the Earth. This can leave us feeling hopeless against the big guys. Fair enough. The truth is that many of us have lost our connection to the Earth. We stopped thinking to care about her through just trying to survive in the rat race of life. We get caught in the system, and I'm sorry to say but the system is based off of greed. As a result we only have 0.5 % of our oceans protected which hold 80% of our life on Earth, and we are losing 80'000 hectares of rainforests globally a day. With this comes the loss of the 1000's of species that are in their own system; the system of maintaining what we live on, our home. There is more to it though, we lost our connection to these species and appreciation for them. We know best because we are the top of the food chain. We also know how to fix it because we had the power to create the mess. Maybe we do. I know very little about how this world works and how to fix it. I do know that it is time to put my own ego aside and listen to the people that truly understand the land with their hearts, spirit and mind.
By India Grant3 years ago in Earth
Albert's Antiques
There were many times in the day that Albert would look out the window into the horizon and let his mind drift. He would do this when he woke up to the birds chirping and the rain pouring, waiting for the kettle to boil for his morning cup of tea, when he sat down for dinner in the final hours of the day. Hypnotised by the rolling hills he would let his mind melt into their beauty. The windows were his only connection to the world in Lockdown and he took much delight in gazing out of them. This time brings back the unpleasant memories of the Second World War, of being a young man hiding away at every turn for fear of danger, waiting for the moment to be called into unjustified action. This trait seams to have unfortunately followed him for his entire life, only to be amplified by the current uncertainties.
By India Grant3 years ago in Humans