On my seventieth birthday
I got a nice surprise
You are going to be a granddad
Joy sprang in my eyes
Getting old and now alone
A milestone just to pass
Until this news came to me
So come on fill my glass
I fell into depression
When that child was one
Joy it seemed had vanished
Like a setting sun
But sun returns with morning
Good counsel made me well
And now two boys coming visiting
And bring their magic spell
We celebrate at Christmas
The ever-living feast
Bethlehem and the stable
Where all our hopes will meet
Just to be alive
And to know the power of love
And to live each day in goodness
And honour God above
Brian Fahy
11 December 2022
Erris Poetry 