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Friday 27 April 2012

BEFORE WE CAME



Drifting, drifting, in my mind
through passing years; reversing
momentum, growing smaller;
dissolving into unbeing.
Unbuilding concrete and steel,
bricks and mortar. Tarmac
becomes fluid, hot; now cools.
Stones, no longer broken.
Coal re-interred, unmined,
reverting to wood.
Bulldozers unmanufactured.
Designers, architects, bricklayers
unborn.




Primordial ferns and grasses
compete with trees
of ancient forest for light,
and beyond...




Virgin land, unviolated.
Rolling hills, unflattened, unploughed...




A river, crystal clear,
unpoisoned.


This beautiful World
before we came.

 

10 comments:

  1. If we could turn back time it would be great just imagine the species of birds, animals and plant life that would no longer be extinct :-).

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    1. My thoughts exactly!
      Wouldn't it be great to observe a World in which there were no buildings, cars or excessive noise?
      But then, of course we wouldn't be there to observe in the first place!

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  2. You paint it like a film run backwards, and that's very appealing. It reminds me, though, of when I did exactly that for a hall full of special needs - we'd had a film show and there was still some time to kill. They laughed like drains to see buses going backwards, but not a titter when an aircraft took off backwards. It made me wonder: if it were possible to run time backwards, would we be equally unpredictable in our reactions?

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    1. Do you know, I think we probably would.
      If we could reverse time, then I suppose everything would change to accomodate the backwards flow. We would probably change too, living alternative lives and having different perceptions.
      You've set me thinking again, Dave!

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  3. Immeasurably wonderful! :)

    Love.
    http://inthepourinrain.blogspot.in/

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    1. Hi I do, I do,
      Many, many thanks. That is so appreciated.
      Great to hear from you :)

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  4. So sad - that we should call ourselves human! Lovely post Ygraine:)

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  5. Thank you, Rose.
    Here's hoping 'Human' comes to mean something more noble one day!!

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  6. "To see a World in a Grain of Sand
    And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
    And Eternity in an hour."

    You've written it well.

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  7. Gnome, thank you so much!
    How I love that four line poem. It is so beautiful :)

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