NorthWord Literary Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 1

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volume 5 | issue 1

attachment by Lasha Barbosa Recently, my husband read an article which explored the possibilities of mining asteroids and planets for their valuable resources.

It made me stop and think, "what is our attachment to earth?"

Is earth more of a nostalgic feeling for us (a happy place we remember placing our hat)? Or, is it a part of us, in our very beings—our souls?

When earth's time comes, will we simply move on and reach out to other planets— using them as a bandages for our own?

Or will we make a change and save the planet we have now? 13


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