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What Was Once Bare Earth

Lasya Panchagnula

January 16, 2018

Department: Poetry

Issue: Creation and Destruction

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What once was bare earth,
The sand beneath our feet
The grass beneath our feet
The rocks beneath our feet

What once was bare earth,
Turned into huts of sticks
Turned into buildings of stone
Turned into fields of sweet hay

What once was bare earth,
Turned into skyscrapers
Turned into large statues
Turned into roller coasters

What once was bare earth,
Will go back to the way it was
Littered with rubble and screams
As bombs explode along with our unity

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Lasya Panchagnula is a 15-year-old from Hyderabad, India.