Perhaps the fate of Easter Island

Was not sealed by the human who felled that last tree

But by the rat that ate the last palm nut

Other South Pacific islands

Have also seen civilisations rise and fall

Though none have left such dramatic reminders of their passing

As the giant statues of the Rapa Nui

Now re-erected

They've come to symbolise

How precarious life can be on an isolated island

For this island has not been abandoned

A few Rapa Nui survived

And now they're thriving once more

Entertaining visitors from the outside world

Trees have been planted

Though it's too late for the unique creatures that once lived here

Elsewhere on islands throughout the Pacific

There is still time

People are working hard

To remove the creatures that don't belong here

And make space once again for the curiosities

From kagus to kakapo

That make the South Pacific such a uniquely wonderful world