Hopeless

I don't have anything to build on All the world is decay Love is rarely found Today I cannot find A heart that beats in time With mine The rainbow hides behind the storm All has changed Been rearranged Home has been destroyed Many are unemployed I can't revisit The place I used to be Tho' I clutch at the memory My heart is torn in two As I long for The girl I used to be Where has it gone The haven where I once belonged As I sang the unheard song Oh please Lord grant rest to my soul As I ache for yesterday Where love beckoned me And great neighbours were normality What happened to the days long ago When green fields held a glow And the heart understood All was good Fear was absent then Everyone was friend Oh take me back there again by Joan May Donnelly Ellis August 5 2016