Two gold coins of Mexico
Found inside a prayer book
Secreted in the spine this long long time
1821 and1947
The latter date the year that I was born
What story would they tell?
These coins this book
A priest maybe in persecution times
Coins to pay his way to safer places
And prayer to pray his way to peaceful climes
We need them both for sure
My conclusion
The means to live a life in troubled times
And courage in the heart
The hope of heaven
A lifeline to the one who feels our pain
Money comes and goes
In boom and bust
Struggle to make ends meet a common theme
And courage too can falter hope grow dim
We need companions
Things that do not fail
So use your money well
Put some by
For the journey you must make day by day
And keep your prayer book handy
That lifeline to the Lord
Together may they bring you safely home
Brian Fahy
15 May 2022
Erris Poetry 