Suddenly it stopped.
Is it time to pause and think?
And consider where we’re going?
Now it seems we’re on the brink.
Brought to virtual standstill
By nothing we could see
Curtailing our ambition
And so-called prosperity
A message sent from somewhere
Posted to society
Are we being asked to listen
And to act accordingly.
Shares fall on the stock exchange
The world has lost its cash
But was it ever really there
Like fivers in a stash
Or Just numbers in the paper
Figures just made up
To make an artificial world
For others to conduct
And set our goals to aim for
And measure them in wealth
It seems now so irrelevant
Compared to human health
This world in which we live in
Belongs to all of us
And the other life we share it with
On loan to us in trust
“We must look after everyone”
Politicians say
And care for our environment
But it’s the dollar they obey
So I wonder if they’ll come a change
A brand new human plan
Cos we can’t seem to ground our planes
But it seems that nature can.