Friday, 19 November 2021

Darkening Shadows

Each day more darkness cloaks the skies

Less sun - so we adjust our eyes

To gloomy mist pierced with bright lights

Fragile magic on cold nights…


Twee Christmas chalets look inviting:

Mulled wine while buying gifts?  Exciting!

From Dilbeek, a majestic fir

Stands lofty guard in Brussels' square!

 

Warm scarves and boots seem de rigueur

In jostling crowds, some sport a fur!

STIB’s buses come and go with ease

The heaters work - we shall not freeze!

 

The new restrictions ardours cool

Should masks now be worn in school?

Where possible, we work from home

For many – too much time alone …

 

Brussels blushes COVID red?

In case of need, is there a bed?

Our nursing staff are under strain

And must we all be jabbed again?

 

Vancouver floods, border controls

For luckless hopefuls the bell tolls;

We grasp life’s nettle but it stings!

Time to pray for better things …


(c) Poet in the woods 2021



Brussels Christmas Market stalls ....

 

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