Rivers and bridges: knowledge and understanding.

 Chobe waterfront, Botswana. Picture by Jim McIntosh.

There are these rivers that flow wide between us.
There are these oceans of knowledge unknown.
If we could converse would you join with us
replanting the damaging seeds you have sown?

An orangutan mother comforts her baby, dazed at the loss of her jungle homeland, destroyed for palm oil plantations.

It could start as a trickle, like a mountain stream flowing

until understanding is falling like Spring's gentle rain.

There may be chasms and canyons between us

but knowledge spills over like waterfalls of champagne.

 The whaling industry nearly wiped out many whale species. Picture courtesy Norfolk Museum.

It could start when these rivers have bridges across them

and torrents of knowledge flow to the sea.
When you bridge this water we'll show you the ocean
of blood from the slaughter of the disappeared species.

Research advances into unlocking the secrets of animal communication. Some researches say within 5 years we will talk with elephants. When we finally do, will we be able to accept what they will tell us? 

If we could build bridges and walk this land together
we'll show you where beauty and rhythm abounds.
And across these wide rivers, across these wild seas
there'll be no more conflict between man and us beasts.

Rivers and bridges: knowledge and understanding.

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