Writing this poem by myself I thought was going to be even tougher than writing it with a partner. I was wrong. writing this poem wasn't so bad after all. I got to speak my mind about global warming and how it is hurting our environment, economy, communities and us human and animals. Before while I was brainstorming I thought of many different subject I can talk about and see what would be the most interesting for me. I chose global warming because now in this day and age, its not reconciled as it is usually. No one ever thinks about it to much now and its eating our world bit by bit. While I was using the document sharing on Gmail, I didn't really see a difference between it, it just reminded me of Microsoft word. It helped me organize all of my writing and type it neatly on the document. My whole collaboration of this poem was simply using my mind and creating sentences, simile's and metaphors that i create off the top of my head. It was hard at first to make all these types of simile's and using dictionaries to find exceptional words. the brainstorming paid off and it help to make the writing of the poem easier.
- Alejandra Menendez

poem

- One step at a time-
The world can be a better place
if only we all take part
making sure we all can live in the place
where we can never live apart.

Living in a world where were all individuals,
working like as if we were slaves, helping our families to stay together.
but the only fact is that were all trying to stay alive in this polluted world.

The air filling with pollution like a balloon with helium.
Walking around as if your cough isn't bothering you, only realizing were deteriorating every second.
Feeling like we don't care what world we live in as long as were alive and better.
Taking care of our environment is something we all have to do, even if it takes one step at a time.

The earth is getting warmer and warmer every year,
homes of mammals are being destroyed from temperature and pollution.
Thinking that our government is doing something about it, but realizing your the one who has to take action.
Knowing, even the polar bears are crying for help, wanting there home back.
but only thinking in our minds that everything will eventually get better.
Then something clicks,

Ice caps start melting,
polar bears, and penguins disappear
everything disintegrating as if we all weren't here.
Because of us and our selfish needs
all these problems will never cease
year by year to face extinction.
never knowing how our future will be.

Our world is changing, badly, time by time
we all have to chip in and start new.
thinking about the future and how the world will look like
is something we all have to think about, even if it take one step at a time.

by: Alejandra Menendez