Four Leaf Clover

by Ged Thompson

Monday 29th April 2013 8:13 pm (first posted Sunday 13th January 2013 2:04 am)

 

Four Leaf Clover

 

I saw two leprechauns last night

Doing a dance around our garden light

 

So I snook out the front, and down our back alley

with my hood pulled up just like a scally

 

Scaled next doors fence, then over ours

with a fishing net and two jam jars

 

Then I crept up…..I caught the two

They didn’t know just what to do

 

Believe me this is truth not children’s fable

I placed them on our the kitchen table

 

They where at first quite angry, but soon chilled out

When I told them what my plans about

 

I said  “I’d like to show the world your real

Try to change the way that people feel

 

You see we’ve lost our magic.  Become quite lost

Don’t know true wealth, always counting cost

 

We live just like we’ll never die

Only concerned about the things we buy....”

 

One leprechaun sighed…. and said…. “This is true

but I’m afraid my friend, we cant help you

 

You see middle earth since time began

has always lived in tune with man

 

But then man you changed, you became..........Less Gentle

began wars and killing and all things mental

 

Polluted rivers, cut down trees

brought mother nature too her knees

 

So we sought shelter, hid away

then you stopped believing…..One sad day

 

 

And for man, the saddest day of all

Was when you lost your faith in all things small

 

You didn’t just lose… Leprechauns…. Fairies and tiny elves

You stopped believing in yourselves

 

You chose fear, not love, became so selfish

Then lost your faith in all things elfish 

 

But you good sir, we cant deceive

You have shown the courage to believe

 

So grant us our freedom,  Pleas now set us free.

For this is now the way, things have to be”

 

And with tear in eye, for Shamus and Steve

I lifted Jars so they could leave

 

But they stayed and talked till night was over

Then handed me a four leaf clover

 

I knew my new found friends I would now miss

But before they left, granted me……. One wish!

 

Then like Shamus first had, I let out a sigh

I wished that……. 

 

Middle Earth would never die. X

 

Ged Thompson Liverpool Poet and Writer 12/01/13