What if...

What if our world could be whole again

Complete

Perfect

Pure

If oceans could unpollute

Seas rise

Streams trickle down perfect boggy moorland

What if the swifts returned in their masses

Next June

Darting

Looping

In flight of ecstacy

Overhead

Find comfort in our small country again

And what if we could prevent decline

On land

In sea

and sky

Nurture nature

Regrow

Those disappearing populations

And what if skies could be full again

Of skylarks

Corn buntings

And yellow hammers

Feasting in fields

A feast for our eyes

Multiplying year on year

And what if people took down their fences

For hedgehogs

Field voles

Newts

Reopen rural highways

Access to all

Growth triumphant over decline

And what if our species could reconnect

White

Black

Brown

And every other colour

Shape and size

Love each other and share our perfect world

What if...