If all the world looked black and white, <br />And a pale grey moon came out at night. <br />You wouldn’t know if summer had come, <br />And winter, only when your fingers grew numb. <br /> <br />With a colourless sun rising in an ashen sky, <br />You would be pallid and so would I. <br />What a boring life we would then conduct, <br />Better that the planet should self destruct. <br /> <br />For colour is such a joy to behold, <br />But earth would be so dull and cold. <br />We take for granted our beautiful home, <br />We’d never be happy with monochrome.<br /><br />Ernestine Northover<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/our-beautiful-home/
