We own
Are accountable for it
Responsible
Answerable
Perceived for it
Revered for it
Slated
Berated
Or celebrated for it
Held in high esteem
Or questioned by our peers
We count the profit and loss
For it
We savour gain or cost
For it
We play the cards were shown for it
We own it
In stating the position
We will live by the decision
17th March 2021
The calming, steady hand of sobriety For days and weeks and months Holds and comforts Soothes and cools Dilutes the cruel Guiding the hours And steering the minutes Sheltering from showers And looming
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His broken heart won’t mend But he’s laying down foundations To simply walk again With lowered expectations One foot before the next Is what he aims to do Its nowt that can’t be mended With a metric l