Folk came flocking to him
Eager to be well
Like people at a doctor’s door
A surgery-like swell
All wanting to be well again
Walk this world with ease
The blind the lame the crippled
All kinds of disease
And then he fed the gathered throng
Bread and fish to share
Blessed and broke and gave about
Dinner time was there
Hospital and hostelry
Found there all in one
What a day was had by all
Before the setting sun
I find a lesson there for me
To act the very same
To help the healing of this world
If I play the game
Simple goodness every day
Helps the world to heal
And imparts the gift of happiness
Helps others how to feel
Brian Fahy
1 December 2021
Erris Poetry 