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Limerence (Poem-19)

An Alien's Message to Earth


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If you think this lockdown hasn't been crazy enough, you're right. I had a zoom call with this alien yesterday and managed to ask it a few questions. I think you should read one particular answer it gave me....I asked it, 

"What are a few things you've always wondered about us humans?"

I managed to write down its answer....here's a summary:

"I’m PRJ-11, a resident of Planet-C41 from the Stellar galaxy, and I’ve been studying all sorts of planets my entire life. One particular planet that has never seemed to leave my mind is planet Earth. It’s one of the few planets that allows and sustains life, and is part of the solar system sector.  It has water, it has a life-supporting atmosphere, and its beings are fairly intelligent, although there are a lot of things they do that leave me quite puzzled.

For one, they have every possible resource required to live and survive, unlike most planets in this universe. However, one probe drone we sent to their planet revealed that they felt that they were in need of more resources. Earth is divided into many small landmasses, and each one is given a unique name, making it a “country”. Some of these “countries” are allies, and some of them are at constant wars for resources. The Earthlings are very queer people…they often seem to ignore the fact that they would never require resources if all these countries were united. These wars in fact lead to more depletion of their resources. I really wonder why they ignore this truth.

One very good thing about Earth, currently, is that they still have so many scenic places on the planet. There are so many preserved natural monuments that still have nature’s touch to them. They still have trees! Trees are the rarest organisms in the universe, and Earth has trillions of them! However, there is another thing they do that really confuses me. They pollute their environment each day! It’s a shame to see them do this, because my planet did it too. And now it’s a technologized wasteland. We may have advanced and technologized amenities, but we don’t have nature’s gifts anymore. I wonder how they plan to preserve them.

Another interesting thing these humans do is that they save and build nuclear bombs and nuclear technology. Apparently, these bombs are stored for potential wars that could threaten a country. What they fail to realise is that these bombs will backfire on them as when they use them, their planet will get damaged, which will make them very susceptible to foreign attacks. In fact, since they’re at war so often, I can bet that my planet could beat them single-handedly right now. We need the resources anyways, and they aren’t making much use of them. I wish I could tell them this so they could improve their ways."


Now look, I didn't reveal that I am a human to it....I wanted a very honest answer. 

So yeah, in case you didn't know, I'm an Earthling, and these points leave me confused too!

 


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