Pollution

Driving to the countryside some years ago,

With a car full of excited kids,

All summery and silly,

I noticed the daylight change suddenly

From crisp starched white,

To Golden Pink and Rusty red

And the sky slowly painted itself

With the most beautiful sunset.

Driving down the same country road, a few days back,

I stopped the car beside the road overlooking the river,

And we all stared in wonder,

As the sun gradually disappeared behind the watercolour waves in the sky

There was a moment of breathless awe,

Before one of the kids broke the spell -

"My dad told me what causes that.......

It's the pollution.!"