20/20 Vision
Eschewing hindsight and looking forwards
To see such a world in which TV news
Isn’t mainly bombed-out buildings or views
Of squalid camps, crowded alleys and yards
Teeming with desperate refugees. Instead
There will be universal reports
Of abandoned border posts and passports,
And no minefields where travellers fear to tread.
A worldwide commonwealth finally beckoned,
Meeting needs, not profit margins, too few,
Advocates have thought was long overdue:
Cooperative advantages reckoned.
An impossible vision? When really
The imperative is to see clearly.
D. A.