Humans… Wake Up! It’s 2020 & Your Planet Needs You
By: Kristy Lynn
Tags: Imagination, Earth Day, Earth, Letters, Need

Dearest Humans:

I’ve recently gotten word that you’re in quite the pickle with regards to your diseases and your toilet papers and, well, I’m here to confess something.

I need you.

Not like you “need” a greasy burger and a cold beer after a hard day at the office.

No, I need you like…

Like, the rain needs the clouds in order to fall.

Like, the whales need the ocean in order to swim.

Like, the flowers need the bees in order to bloom.

I need you like…

Well, like you need me.

Humans, do you ever stop to THINK? How are you able to be here, on Earth!?

On… me?

Ok, I’m getting a little worked up… my apologies.

Can I kindly beg for just one minute of your insanely busy day and politely ask you to remove your head out of your phone (or your ass) so you can feel your need for me?

If you’re not sure where to look for this need, I’ll give you a hint…

It’s… it’s in your body.

(Psst, it’s that thing that attaches to your head… keep going down, yea you’ve got it — your body!)

See, so, your body still has these kinda important things, called needs, and some basics are…

Breathing.

Hydrating.

Eating.

I mean, you must at least recognize your need to eat, right? Your greasy burger, remember?

Where do you think that burger came from — outer space?

Oh no. Silly humans, is it… you don’t really think your food comes from Whole Foods, do you?

Or, Amazon!!??? HAH!

Nah, they’re just my middle men. (And, quite frankly — you didn’t hear it from me — you can do a lot of this farming and gardening and making stuff on your own… without them, you know?) But, anyways, those guys are nothing without me… your planet.

Remember me now? Your planet… Earth.

Humans, I’m the one giving you everything you need to live.

So, I’ll stop being sassy. I’m actually here to help. But, can I be brutally honest?

I am really confused.

Why are you trying to kill me again?

Why are you hurting my soils, poisoning my waters, cutting down my trees, killing too many of my animals and… (shhh, keep this one quiet but — I thought I heard you were hurting each other…? Really???)

Is this about supporting that fake world you’ve made for yourselves?

That one where you have your paper money and your computer chips and your fancy cars and your concrete buildings 50 stories tall?

Is it…

Oh dear — please tell me it’s not true…

Do you think you don’t…need me anymore?

…You built your fake little life totally disconnected from me, and now you don’t…

Need me?

Damn. Humans, that hurts.

And, I hate to shatter your fake paper money world full of plastic, garbage and cruise ships but… (and, I’m not sure where you’re getting your information, it’s sort of like, shhhh…fake news…)

BUT, I am writing to gently tell you the truth.

You still need me.

Don’t get mad at me, please. I am only trying to help —that’s all I’ve ever wanted to do. To help and support your ability to live, I promise.

Unfortunately, even after some great strides in technology and education… most of you still can’t survive 15 minutes without air.

(Achem, just- can you remember, that’s the air I kindly provide for you each day..? Thanks.)

Oh and, one more thing… Humans, please don’t go more than 3 days without water. You still won’t survive.

(Oh, um, not that I’m running a tab or anything, but that is the same water that I let you have from my clouds for free…. So… are we still cool?)

So, if just — you know — the next time you think about fracking, or drilling for oil, or cutting down a rainforest, or loading pesticides onto crops could you maybe just… like…

Consult me first?

Because, remember, you need me like I need……..

Ok.

Ok, so — don’t hate me — but…

I lied about the part where I need you. I don’t actually need you.

But…

I just — I didn’t want you to leave.

You know, humans, you can be so freaking awesome sometimes. You have fun… and laugh and sing and dance and create things and share things and you’re kind to each other, and… since I’m being honest here — it makes me feel really good when you do those things. It’s almost like… like, I’m a part of what you’re doing.

I really love this about you, humans. And, it makes me sad to think about you leaving, and me never enjoying these parts of you again.

Believe me humans when I say,

“I want you here.”

It’s just that, well, I only ask for a little something in return…

I mean — I hope it’s not too much to ask, humans, and I don’t think it is since there’s definitely some of of you who understand… But, well, since I try my best to provide for you and allow you a place to experience your fun times..

Humans, if I can just please ask…

Ok, all I ever wanted was…

To be included.

So, do you think you can do that?

Humans?

Can you include me in your lives?

Can you remember me everyday when you eat and drink and breathe?

Can you somehow involve me in your world that you create for yourselves?

And, maybe, ok — one more thing (and this may be me, just being selfish but…) can you do a whole bunch more of that laughing and dancing and being kind to each other, and a whole lot less of that killing and poisoning and hurting each other?

Can you do that for me, humans…

Please?

Sincerely:

Your one and only,

Planet Earth