I’m lucky me
Got a cosy home
Had my booster jabs
Got a telephone
Food upon the table
Make my soda bread
Son and family live nearby
Stirling born and bred
Brother came to visit me
Looking very well
Enjoyed our days together
Before the cold snow fell
Family I come from
From Ireland and the west
Lovely people solid clan
I count among the best
These days seem full of darkness
A constant cloudy grim
Covid has us cowering
Underneath all sin
Schoolgirl stabbed in Liverpool
Total total shock
But black lads knived in London
As regular as clock
Paul speaks up in Advent
Love the human race
Keep on making progress
Show the holy face
Every day and every town
Struggles to survive
Live your life in gentleness
Keep this world alive
Brian Fahy
29 November 2021
Erris Poetry 