Cullercoats Dream Revisited

CULLERCOATS* DREAM REVISITED Lifeboat bright on its modern track Like shining star in the early dawn Confronts the eroded view of the wreck - Once was whole, now all gone Pristine cliffs and innocent cottage face, The welcoming harbour arms of yesterday : Thru an unrecognizable shell of a place Roads have raped their ruinous way. There’s no recapturing past with dignity. Real or unreal, to half-forget, half-recall - Leave the ducks unspoiled in memory In a dream lifeboat ‘gainst the squall. Note : * Cullercoats is a small fishing village on the seacoast of England, much spoiled from modern redevelopment.