Realisation

The sun, the moon, the wild dark ocean

The ice, the dune, devoid of devotion

The dim, the night, the forbidding mountain

The dream of hope, the dewy fountain.

The eye, the sight, the rising, the dawn,

The greens, the blues, the feeling forlorn

The tongue, the taste, the day, the dusk,

The sound of autumn, the smell of musk

The ear, the sound, the morning new

The distaste of bills long overdue

The yawn, the groan, the anguished cry

The bitter aged asking “why?”

The wicked, the clever, the dumb, the deft

The rich, the powerful, the poor and bereft

The quick, the slow, the wise, the sloth

The golden thread in the dark cloth

The king, the queen, the abdication

The folly of his fabrication

The subject revolt, the nation hissing

The realisation of a kingdom missing

The courage of love, the cowardice of hate

The strength to accept the command of Fate

The resolve to live with faith unfeigned

The humbleness to be justly-blamed

MDC

5/5/97