Another misty morning
Greets my waking eyes
Quiet too no noise to break the spell
The sun will break through later
A day of heat will come
Another day of blessedness
In my dell
Trouble in Afghanistan
Murmurings at home
And faces from the past to stir a tear
Claudia Lawrence lovely girl
Missing for so long
Like Suzy Lamplugh
What we’ll find we fear
So many missing people
Five thousand alone last year
Disconnected gone and lost to view
A cousin of my own
Is gone these many years
I wish he’d show
I’d love to say ‘how do’
The Lord is always teaching us
About the lost and found
The lost sheep and the coin
Discovered joy
And the son who went away
Eventually returned
His father wept
To see his lovely boy
There is nothing quite so lonely
As to feel that you are lost
Adrift alone in a world that does not care
So greet the misty morning
And know the sun will come
Step out today and live in God’s fresh air
Brian Fahy
25 August 2021
Erris Poetry 