October 28th, 2021Local lines
Local lines
Laugh or Cry
You’ve got to laugh or you will cry
You’ve got to dance or you will die
Lose your heart to learn to sigh
Lose loved ones to know goodbye
Lose your way to see the sky
Make beds of nails where you will lie
Find a dream that makes you try
Leave home behind so you can fly
And fall to earth from aiming high
Think well before you make reply
Think more of “us” and less of “I”
Take action now not by and by
Ignore the how embrace the why
Learn the rules and then defy
Face yourself do not deny
Always think the end is nigh
- Tom Perfect
Tom Perfect lives in Glenlyon behind a big hedge where he talks to the birds about when the weather will get warmer.
Local Lines comes mainly from a group of local poets but other submissions are always welcome. To have a poem considered for publication contact Bill Wootton at cottlesbreedge@gmail.com
