The Andromeda Boy

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I was counting the cars that whizzed past on the street outside my house while my parents were watching the National Geographic Channel. See, I do that when I'm not reading because it helps to calm me down when I'm feeling a little claustrophobic in my own room. It's a phobia that I got from being trapped in the janitors closet on my first day of school which of course was something that my parents aren't aware of.

 Suddenly, I heard a soft whimper and I peeled myself away from the floor to ceiling window in front of me to determine the source of the sound. That's when I noticed my dog lying comfortably by myside but it was starring right at the television in the middle of the room so I looked up at it instead to find that my parents were watching a scene from a documentary exhibiting a frightening situation in which a seal fights for its life on a melted iceberg and the scene was heart breaking. 

The seal was trying to stay afloat on the melted iceberg while a pack of orca's surrounded it waiting for the right moment to strike. The seal was stuck and I knew it was the end but it was inspiring to watch it try so desperately to stay alive and out of the water. However, after a few minutes of struggling, the seal's energy depleted and it fell into the water but it didn't resurface this time. At that moment, I knew that the seal was gone and a tear escaped my eye. I felt sad and furious at the same time because there was nothing I could do to help the poor seal. Absolutely nothing. That was the first time I realised what climate change could truly do. If the glaciers didn't break then the iceberg wouldn't be floating in the water and the seal would have a better chance at a longer life. It would only be fair for the seal to be able to be the cause of it's own demise but unfortunately, that isn't how the world works. Especially not when humans don't pay heed to the consequences of their own actions. No one really cares about what happens. Not them. Not even me.