Is This ur Future?

Congratulations to Mishaal whose award winning poem 'Is This Our Future' was selected as one of the Top Winners in the borough-wide Secondary category.

Earth, a compelling yet ominous marvel, azure and Veridian, flecked with spirals of ever-changing white, But why is it that these colours of wonder are slowly fading? replaced with dullness and growing shades of black.

This world contains undiscovered beauty, from the argent tips of the immense mountains, down to the bottomless depths of the mysterious seas, valleys untouched and rivers that rush, all holding the same opportunities, But why are these mysteries before they have been fully discovered?

Every corner contains life, birds that slice through the air unbelievably seamlessly, whales that cut through the expanses of aquamarine, rabbits that hop over fields of green, dappled with sweet scents and vibrant dashes of colour, But why are the numbers decreasing rapidly? How are these landscapes being contaminated so mercilessly?

Even the stars have begun to disappear, before innumerable marks of silver scattered through the unmistakable night, now this same sky has been robbed of its beauty, covered by fathomless clouds of grey, and excess light creating disarray

Is this really our future?

Where a child hasn’t seen a clear sky, With no such thing as alluring landscapes, Where an elephant is only a fictional character, and the wonders of the earth only a distant dream, is this going to be our earth? A product of greed and concrete.

Mishaal Shahzad