Mid June
We’ve safely arrived unscathed
To the happiest month of June
With the family still alive
And vaccinations soon.
Some folks are straining at the bit
They want it all, they want it now,
Resenting the extra weeks it takes
To keep us safe somehow.
They want their freedoms right away
They want the clock turned back
Unhappy to be just enjoying
The simple things we lacked.
A lesson never learned
By folks who won’t be taught
Why suffer all this pain
If all this comes to naught?
Meanwhile on a Wexford beach
The swimmers brave the chills
And children’s voices can be heard
Amid the thrills and spills.
June has come to rescue us
To lead us from our caves
Where we have spent fourteen months
A year and many days.
Rain and heat are making
Flowers bloom and blossom
The gifts of an Irish summer
With four seasons in a morning.
And when the sun breaks through
The wait’s been worth it and the patience
For all things come to them
Who serve beside their station.
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