Storm

Feels like a storm
Swept over my life
60’s: man on the moon and The Beatles
Young rebel
70’s
Paper not polythene Pam
Sex not war
Flowers and experiments
Punk and power

All seems quiet in the middle of life
Almost boring
Now
and
again
Slow but mellow

The storm was there
Winds blowing
Colourful leaves
around
The landscape
Setting the scene
for
a
vibrant era

Times are no more placid
as
the
young leaves
shift from place to place
with
the
storm of youth
Ascertaining the contemporary
Living now
with
powerful contrast
to
ageing with reason

Vigour, joie de vivre
Never ending
For
any age
but
Memories
Can flood the mind
with
the
swell of
Big time blues

Flagging the mundane
Lying deeper
Is
your personal experience

It’s
Okay it’s in the past
It’s worth remembering
Think I’ll stop here
a
Minute and reminisce