time
— The moon as a silver bead on the sky's necklace slides into view each night, casting reflected light before giving way to the golden sun.
— A young poet compares plastic's permanence to the pyramids, warning that our disposable creations outlast monuments while poisoning the earth we depend on.
— A meditation on impermanence that moves from photographs and fireflies to wedding cake and stone statues, arguing that nothing can truly be preserved.
— A 12-year-old wrestles with her sense of obligation to fight climate change, questioning whether individual actions matter while affirming her commitment to future generations.
— A meditation on time through the perspective of a clock, whose red hand moves endlessly through numbers, carrying promises and memories without limits.
— A young poet reflects on the fleeting nature of days, the irreversibility of time, and the pull of home as evening approaches.
— A young poet imagines a love drawing that awaits completion when the right hearts find each other, expressing patient hope for connection.
— A baby named Daisy visits a rocking chair in the woods daily until vines overtake it and it disappears, leaving only memory.
— A child's declaration of eternal play extends from day to night through cosmic destruction, flying cars, and the world's last light being blown out after a thousand years.
— Saturn leaves the solar system sobbing, returns later transformed—gray, shriveled, solid ice where gas once swirled, orbiting differently.