Booti-Booti Beach at Night Time

By Bonnie T

Published 27 September 2024

  1. Waves endlessly chase the shore
  2. And the only light in the darkness
  3. Is the flickering reflection of the night sky on the water
  4. The noises that make it alive at day
  5. Go to bed for the night
  6. As birds say good night
  7. The bees go to sleep
  8. And the dingoes wake up
  9. It’s the most beautiful place to be
  10.  But not for long
  11.  Soon, everything changes
  12.  And nothing is the same
  13. Death and home loss becomes a thick blanket of reality
  14.  While climate change causes sea levels to rise
  15.  People start to overfish
  16. And the beach erodes
  17. Slowly, the population of animals die down
  18. The once-beautiful beach is now nowhere near as beautiful
  19. Waves that once were filled with fish, are now filled with litter.
  20. Save this beach

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