"The Laughing Sun" by Haley J

            The Sun has been shining on the great planet of Earth for 4.6 billion years, and will continue to do so for another 5 billion. Many worship the Sun, ever so grateful for the warmth it provides and will continue to provide until its last day somewhere in the future.  But has anyone ever wondered how the Sun thought of humanity? Of course not. For the Sun isn’t alive and does not have the capability to see, let alone think for itself. Such a foolish idea to think that while we look at the Sun it looks back with a huge sly grin on its face, as if it was so happy to share its warmth with humanity and the many other planets it shines upon. Truth be told, the Sun isn’t happy at all. It is said that the modern human evolved on the Earth 200,000 years ago. And on that date, the Sun’s torment began. As the humans began to roam Earth, they took from it, killing the plants and animals for food and burning trees for warmth. How stupid, the Sun thought the humans were when they became so excited to discover FIRE, for the Sun had already known fire millions of years before them. As the humans continued to thrive they, like many other species, began to evolve. And the longer they lived on Earth, the more they took from it. They cut down natural forestry to plant more trees purely for their own use. They put antibiotics in animals to make them grow faster and fatter, much like the humans themselves. Forests are being destroyed, rivers and lakes are being built over by huge cities, resources are being used faster than they can be replenished, so much carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere they are practically gassing themselves, but the Sun can do nothing but look down in utter disgust. The Sun wishes every year, that it could move a bit closer and rid the beautiful Earth of humanity, even if it means taking a couple other planets down in the process. But the Sun knows that it is stuck in a fixed position in space and can’t do much itself to rid the planet of the wretched virus. Yet the Sun doesn’t cry over his Earth, partly because the Sun is much too hot for water to exist in a liquid state, so he instead laughs. He knows that if Humanity continues on the path they have paved for themselves they will all perish anyway. Now the Sun sits in orbit and wonders to itself how humanity will die. Global warming, suffocation? Maybe an asteroid will collide with it and the Earth could start anew. All while thinking of how foolish humanity is, worshipping the Sun, thanking it for all the it has given, the Sun continues to burn bright, hoping for the death of all humanity and the salvation of its precious Earth.