Once we dreamed

"You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one"
John sang so many years long gone
How hope in our young eyes then shone

"Imagine all the people"
"Sharing all the world"
Now old, I can look back in shame
All our hopes have gone down the drain

"Imagine all the people"
"Living life in peace"
Now the world crumbles with abuse
Politicians are of no use

"I hope some day you'll join us"
"And the world will live as one"
John sang and how our eyes shone
Tears in eyes now show hope's all gone


Words in italic are from John Lennon's song 'Imagine'

Illustration from Pixabay.com

I lay my head

How I wish that I was fit
Even just a little bit
To walk across fields of green
Or run on the beach serene

But my legs don't want me to
Active days are now all through
My fingers though are all right
On the computer they tap all night

My mind's busy as a bee
Sometimes a sailor at sea
Or a lover in a bed
As on her breast I lay my head

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In a muddy creek

We discovered it
In a muddy creek
Off the main river
A sad slimy ship
That once sailed the seas
Abandoned alone

We were delighted

Finding it stand in

That stretch of river

We waded over

Through shallow water

Just the four of us

I was first aboard

To take charge of it

“C’mon my hearties

We’ll sail afore noon”

The others climbed up

To travel abroad

To the seven seas

Young Jim was nervous

Didn’t want to stay              

“Bite the bullet, lad

To the brig you’ll go

If we can’t trust you”

The others nodded

“We’ve burnt our bridges

By hook or by crook

Were renegades now”

So then we cast off

And played at pirates

Until the sunset

Then hunger set in

We abandoned ship

And all raced off home

To eat fish and chips

With our Mum and Dad

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