She’s paid her dues has Hilary
The struggle and the pain
She’s found her way has Hilary
Finally there’s gain
She doesn’t try to impress you
She simply wants to talk
To tell you things she thought about
Shall we go for a walk?
When she speaks you listen
Because it’s not just words
It’s all the thoughts she’s thinking
Worthy to be heard
Thinking is a precious thing
And thoughts deeply pondered
Carry their own true precious ring
Never to be squandered
She doesn’t deal in nastiness
She tells it like it is
Or at least how it appears to her
Once she’s done the quiz
Hours and years of study
Quiet afternoons
Down in Budleigh Salterton
Gone now gone too soon
Brian Fahy
25 September 2022
Erris Poetry 