What if?
It All Begins Here
Life could be
Peaceful
The road not yet taken
The formula gone
Creating beauty
From a seed
Watching it grow
Leaving only what life needs
Nothing more
What if?
Hope conquered fear
And joy was for all
A better world, for sure
Moving past what has had its day
No perfection, please
Just free
~ Camille
This poem appears in The Precipice, Camille’s third poetry collection, which centres on the rising inequality — profit over people — being the cause of our most urgent global crises, and that confronting this imbalance is essential if we are to step back from the edge. What If? captures the possibility that still exists, should we choose a different path.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.