She was minding her own business
When the angel came along
With all this funny rigmarole
About a brand new song
There’s going to be a baby
And you will be the mum
The baby will be great
But it won’t all be fun
Life is what happens
Said Lennon a famous time
When we are busy planning
Other things – good line
In his case life was ended
Upon a cruel street
His words live on – ‘Imagine’
He hadn’t planned that meet
And Mary at the cross
This was not the script
Except to fulfil the Scripture
This child from life was ripped
But life really is what happened
While the priests planned other things
They posted guards around a tomb
To prevent a rising king
Brian Fahy
20 December 2021
Erris Poetry 