Sitting snug on my settee
A documentary film I chose
The Everly Brothers Don and Phil
My youthful days expose
The yearnings of my teenage heart
That happy harmony
The dreams of girls but where to start
‘cause I’m in seminary
That whole caboodle closed to me
Strong message from the Church
Dream is all that I can do
It left me in the lurch
Everyone was dreaming
Bobby Darin and Orbison
Johnny Burnette you name them
Dreamin’ on and on
I felt a tinge of sorrow then
Remembering myself a boy
And the passion in my deepest self
That would never become my joy
But self-indulgence is no more
Self pity sell by date
I found my Margaret so I did
Although I found her late
And now residing by my self
My spirit is restored
Long gone the days of dreaming
Long gone too ‘I’m bored’
Don and Phil have left the stage
Their harmony now in heaven
They were the essence of my youth
A memory now at even
Brian Fahy
14 September 2021
Erris Poetry 