Slow the day
Slow these hours of living
I want to live forever
Don’t you see?
I wasn’t ever thus
I had misgiving
I’d lost the will to live
A large degree
In recent days
I felt myself
A ‘saddo’
I told my story
To myself in grey
Or black sometimes
When life felt just a no-go
What’s the point?
What reason now to stay?
But I’ve come through
I can’t believe this outcome
How is it that the sun
So bright appears?
So recently I thought
You’ve had your fun, son
Time to go
Time to shed your tears
My son has had to suffer
My emotion
And faithfully he’s ever at my side
Margaret is proud of him
The notion
The feeling that I have
Is one of pride
I found myself
In finding a new purpose
For purpose is myself
In overdrive
You are worth it
And its worth serving notice
You’re here to stay
Not simply to survive
A lesson learned
All negatives destroy us
Can’t do this won’t do that
A bind
They tell us lies
Those negatives annoy us
Think positive
Think honest
And be kind
Brian Fahy
19 May 2021
Erris Poetry 