I want a sunshine holiday
Margaret said to me
I scoured the Mediterranean
To see what I could see
I settled then on Malta
Sliema suited fine
And off we went one September day
Jet 2 the airline
We had a day in Gozo
And the Blue Lagoon
Visited Mdina
Medieval town
Special island in the sun
Visited by Paul
He came there by shipwreck
Didn’t mind at all
Now the Holy Father comes
Will visit it by air
And quotes the words of scripture
About the welcome Paul found there
‘We found unusual kindness’
Recorded of their time
A welcome for a refugee
Is not yet in decline
Brian Fahy
29 March 2022
Erris Poetry 