One Living Levels

Gavin Jones

10,000 years ago, they left their footprints on the mud down here

The people, the aurochs, the boar, the deer

8,000 years later, again they stood, where there's putcher ranks of rotting wood

The Roman's with their legions all

Moved heaven and earth to create a wall.

Then 900 miles of monastic toil, created reen and ditch in the levels soil 

To stop the water from flooding the land, for centuries it made a stand

Til 400 years before the here and now,

the water swept away, man, woman, sheep and cow

The people returned and drained the land, 

A home for 200 species in water, mud, soil and sand

And now across this land, we walk with pride

12 partners strong, side by side

30 miles long

6 miles wide

2 sides

One Living Levels