Friday 10 April 2015

peace

 
 
PEACE
THERE IS NOT MUCH PEACE ON THIS ESTATE,
ON DAYS I WISH THERE WERE,
SUN IS OUT WITH A DYING BREEZE,
SO THE WEATHER IS SO FAIR,...
BABIES CRY, DOGS BARKING AND AIRCRAFT CIRCLE ROUND,
CAR ALARMS AND ICECREAM CHIMES AND SOME JETWASH SOUND,
I LISTEN LONG AND HARD,
AS COMOTION STRAINS MY SOUL,
THEN SLOWLY AND ONE BY ONE,
THEY ALL JUST SEEMED TO GO,
NO BABIES CRY, DOGS ASLEEP AND AIRCRAFT BACK AT BASE,
YES, AND THAT IS WHEN IT PUT,
A SMILE BACK ON MY FACE,
PEACE AND TRANQUILTIY CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FIND,
I NOW SHARE IT WITH THE BIRDS AND BEES,
AND A LOVELY GLASS OF WINE.
BY
JOHNNY CROOK
2015


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