Dead Of Night
Walking home from school, dead of night. I hear voices and whispers calling to me. For me. Whose horrid idea was this? “The sun has become too dangerous for our skin cells. The day will now be night.” the president says. “It is for your own good”. Isn’t it too dangerous for a girl my age to be walking this late at night? Anyone could creep up while hidden in plain sight. I miss the warm sun rays on my skin and the sunny beach days I use to take with my family. Skin that was once like the sun, was now the moon. Vitamin D is out of the picture. Is there nothing that can be done to reverse this? “No” the scientists with the biggest brains reply as I watch endless hours of the news. Hope is lost and there's no point in finding it. That is the kind of message they want to send, but is it the truth? I intend to find out.