Watford were hopeless
Lost by five last week
Today they came to Everton
A win too much to seek?
Concede a goal early on
Life’s an uphill struggle
But low and behold
The spirit found
They climb out of the rubble
A man sits by the roadside
Lost and left and blind
Hears a strange commotion
A prophet of some kind
Help me Lord his loud lament
Give to me my sight
Help me see this lovely world
Make a sad life right
A lesson I apply to self
As I enter twilight years
We live by hope in life to come
We cannot live with fears
Weep for the sorrows that bring us down
Call out with loud voice
Hear me Lord I beg of you
Love is my life’s choice
Brian Fahy
23 October 2021
+ Sources of this poem: Watford under Ranieri revive a lost cause.
Gospel of the blind man, Bartimaeus is read this weekend. Reflection on this by Denis McBride in his book, Seasons of the Word. Lamentation is a voice of suffering that cries out because it believes things can change. It is not self pity.
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