Nobody, Anybody and Everybody
By Charlie Bloomer

Nobody thought this would happen,
That Cape Town would be in such distress.
Nobody could have predicted
That there would be this drought.
Nobody was prepared
For what was to come.

Anybody could be in such trouble,
To only use 13 gallons of water.
Anybody could have this happen,
To have to let all your plants die.
Anybody could have known,
But no one did.

Everybody can make an impact,
They can donate, they can change.
Everybody can save their community,
They can conserve water, they can help.
Everybody can try,
Because everybody can.

 

Currently hovering around 10 percent capacity, the level of Theewaterskloof Dam, Cape Town’s primary municipal water source, continues to drop as citizens of Cape Town experience the most severe water shortage in the city’s history. The coastal metropolis of nearly 4 million could very well be the first modern major city to shut off its taps. Photo courtesy of 6000.co.za licensed by CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

 

This poem is about the Cape Town water crisis. There are three sections to this poem, past present and future. The first section is past because nobody did know this would happen and no one was prepared. The second section is the present because this could have happened to anybody but Cape Town just has so much people that the water ran out quickly. The third section is the future because everybody can contribute and everybody can help.


? Julia Motlagh, Charlie Bloomer and Liam Givens, Oregon Trail Academy, 5th Grade

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