'Winter Blues'
Four o'clock and dark and cold -
no wonder people move abroad!
Why not escape to sunny climes?
Why stay in such long winter times?
Dark early mornings, dark early nights,
why not move to where the sun shines bright?
Why stay and brave the cold and snow?
Oh let's sell up! Oh let's just go!
But then, alas, I start to think,
whilst washing dishes at the sink,
of familiar places and family
- how could we leave so hastily?
I think of maypoles, Morris Men, castles & moats,
I worry about the dog with his thick furry coat.
So for these and umpteen other reasons
I'll stay and enjoy the changing seasons.
call me old fashioned, but some of the best things in life are gratis!! (",)