A Merry Old Soul Is Me
With all the crap going on in the world
It's a wonder we maintain our humour
Gets difficult if you watch the 6pm news
Leaves us in a kind of a stupor
Shouldn't find it strange or unusual
Been normal as long as we've lived
Would be strange if the news was happy
Ain't happened since I was a kid
Back then war was the news of the day
But to me it was us against them
Too young to know millions were dying
The carnage wreaked by men
What makes us so nasty to each other
Are we only programmed to kill
So why don't I have that killer instinct
Am I missing what gives us the will
Don't want it, not missing it, never had it
Peace loving since I was wee
More concerned with day to day living
Just a merry old soul is me!
Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2024
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