September season
Children back at school
A shift of gear
Days are getting cool
Got new glasses
To Oxfam paperbacks
Packed old clothes for charity
Share with those who lack
A permit for my garden waste
Arrived today by post
The council will uplift for me
A tidy town our boast
I do not see an underclass
Drugs or domestic woe
But items on the telly
Remind me it is so
What I can do to help this world
Is very clear to me
Keep myself smart in mental health
Be the best that I can be
For others will encounter you
Your presence brings a grace
A calm and tranquil evidence
Of goodness in this place
Brian Fahy
Erris Poetry 