Tomorrow's Child- Safer because of Ray Anderson's campaign

This short poem was written by an employee of Ray Anderson's company, Interface. Anderson is the owner of a carpet factory who read a book and was conviced of being a 'plunderer'. He has become an evangelist for sustainable manufacturing.


Tomorrow’s Child


Without a name; an unseen face
and knowing not your time nor place
Tomorrow’s Child, though yet unborn,
I met you first last Tuesday morn.

A wise friend introduced us two,
and through his shining point of view
I saw a day that would see;
a day for you, but not for me.

Knowing you has changed my thinking,
for I never had an inkling
That perhaps the things I do
might someday, somehow, threaten you.

Tomorrow’s Child, my daughter-son,
I’m afraid I’ve just begun
To think of you and of your good,
though always having known I should.

Begin I will to weigh the cost
of what I squander; what is lost
If ever I forget that you
will someday come to live here too.



Glen Thomas - employee Interface