Poem for Today : 'Peace'

Peace

I sat by myself

near the mountains close-drawn;

I listened alone,

forgotten ... forlorn.

As I watched the dark sea

with it waters so deep,

I uttered a prayer

that I might never sleep.

With the sun setting down,

and the tide rushing fast,

I listened and watched ...

all was quiet at last!

No sound from the gulls,

for all noise did cease,

and, for a few brief moments,

in my world there was peace!

© 1961 : Colin Gordon-Farleigh