Sooner or later, it was sure to happen. Perhaps in another fifty years, maybe forty. Time was slipping away so quietly, and so was the hope of new life. As Earth rotated on its axis, the more drained of energy it became. Slowly, the planet that had once been full of vivacity and life was now turning towards darkness. Every second, a prevailing force pushed it towards its ultimate doom. People may ask of this powerful force, but they are oblivious to the harsh facts. That force, could only be us – humanity.
Somewhere in the U.S.A., a black Mercedes-Benz sped across the highway, leaving behind a thick trail of grey smoke…
It was now May, 2026. Twenty years had passed. Large areas of forest had been cleared, leaving behind in South America a paltry patch of greenery, a result of the efforts of environmental agencies to stop deforestation. There were hardly any signs of life in it. Trees cut down over the years were usually processed into paper, if not, they now rested in various houses of the world as various types of furniture.
Somewhere in Sydney, an air-conditioner blinked alive…
Time zoomed past, and it was already thirty years since Hawaii had been engulfed by the melted glaciers in the North. Global temperatures had risen so much, snow had ceased to appear anywhere except for the North and South poles. Humanity had been plagued with respiratory diseases caused by the increasing amount of air pollutants, and was getting scarcer than before.
Somewhere in Russia, the last of the Russian Spadefish had perished of mercury poisoning…
2095 arrived, but with no warm welcome. A war was raging between the U.S.A. and Japan, which had been ignited by the supposed misuse of technology by a Japanese terrorist causing the malfunction of U.S.A.’s main computer system, which resulted in drastic effects worldwide. American troops marched into Japan and did not hesitate to use their secretly-created weapons of mass destruction. In America, nuclear bombs fell like raindrops, devouring the cities one by one. The city dwellers of the other countries who did nothing to help, did not have a good time either – nature seemed to be condemning their selfish acts by hurling at them natural disasters like floods and droughts. Oceanic life had long become extinct, and these natural disasters had destroyed all crops. Plant and animal species on land were also disappearing speedily. Fast enough, the whole world had fallen into the hands of fatal disaster. The remaining remnants of humanity were dying of diseases, starvation, natural disasters and war, and were vanishing from the face of earth. The world was coming to an end.
The war lasted 4 years, and coupled with the frequent occurrence of natural disasters, wiped out almost the entire human race. Specks of life stayed on, but not for long. Death loomed over them. By year 3000, the last of life had given way. There was not a seed left to germinate, not a child left crying for his parents. The living conditions were far too harsh for any organism to survive. Corpses lay among the debris of collapsed buildings. Water bodies dried up in the unbearable heat. Yet, the last human to stand on the surface of earth never knew that all this terrifying change had been caused by the human race.
We, humans, rob the world of its resources to satisfy our greed. Had we not known that what we were doing was causing an irreversible damage to ourselves? We did not stop to think, to think hard, if what we were doing was right. We did not hear the cries of helpless animals as they were slaughtered. We did not notice the agony of the trees we felled to make furniture with. We did not sense the suffering of our human friends when we declared war against them. What Mother Earth had given to us so unconditionally, we used to stab her right back.
Humans, I swear, must be the most heartless beasts to roam the Earth.
