Strong winds and heavy rain
Confine me in my house
I did not see this coming
Like Robert Burns’ poor mouse
Give us this day our daily bread
My cupboard store is bare
No bread for Brian in the house today
No point in saying the prayer
I love brown bread and soda bread
I eat it every day
It truly is the staff of life
But sadly not today
So today will be a fasting day
Tomato soup will do
And something in the freezer
For tea will see me through
But bread is basic to my life
I have never been without
God help all starving people
In war and famine’s rout
We have so much of everything
Everything to hand
But bread our basic foodstuff
We must share now – understand?
Brian Fahy
30 September 2022
Erris Poetry 