Is It Still Safe?

Mom?!

I screamed as bubbles were coming out of my mouth. I swayed my tail as fast as I could.

Mom?!

I didn't even recognize that I already hit a lot of fish along the way.

Mom?! 

I called out once again but my mom was nowhere to be found.

Mom?! 

I asked a fish along the way,

 "Excuse me, Sir? Have you seen my mom? She has this wonderful smile on her face, and some fish says that I look like her. Please tell me you've seen her."

"I'm sorry kiddo, I haven't seen her." He replied with a sad face and then he swam away. 

Where is my mom? I haven't seen her since last night...

I kept on searching and screaming 

Mom?!

I scanned the whole area...

I swam until I saw a lot of fish already gathered above.

I swam up there and saw a fish that was floating,

A plastic was coiled around its mouth,

A plastic ring strangled in its body. 

I can see the marks and bruises. It was like she was trying to get away from it. 

The floating body suddenly turned to my direction, revealing its face to me.

Mom?!

Wait is it? 

Is that...

Mom?

My body was shaking. I was feeling heavy. It was like suddenly I can't carry my body. I feel like any minute now my body will give up.

I came closer to her...

Mom?!

It really is my mom.

But wait, what happened? These thoughts suddenly clouded my mind as I was observing my mom's dead body. 

I turned around, "What happened?" I asked a fish.

"According to what they said, she was in a hurry, they said that she was swimming really fast that she didn't notice that there was a lot of plastics floating. Due to her speed, she was tangled in a pile of plastics and then, was strangled by a plastic ring. Which they said that it was the cause of her death." the fish said giving me further pieces of information about what happened.

I nodded. I still can't process what happened.

"I'm sorry for your loss son" he added

I gave him a sad smile and then I faced my mom.

"Mom?" I can feel the coldness of her face as I touched it.

"I'm sorry this happened to you." My heart is in so much pain.

There were a lot of questions in my mind...

"Why are we the ones suffering from what the humans are doing?

 I mean we aren't even throwing trashes. 

We aren't even harming them.

But why are they throwing a lot of trashes and garbages in the ocean? 

And why are we the ones suffering from their actions? 

I thought that the earth is created for all of us? 

Then when will they stop? 

When? 

Until there's none of us left?"

But still, this is the most unanswered question...

"Is it still safe?"

Is it still safe for us? Is it still safe for the marine species and animals to live?