You're aching for peace

I'm hurting too

Let the arguing cease

There's polling to do

 

You look for meaning

I offer a word

No sense for your gleaning

I'm not sure they heard

 

You called referendum

I thought it was flawed

A meaningless thrum

On democracy's chord

 

You were not aware and

I never knew

That voting out fanned

A nationalist view

 

You want ongoing union

I'd hate a divide

But the voted opinion

Is not on our side

 

You sought my advice

I thought for a while

But my ivory dice

Show leavings in style

 

You know we need people

I know we need trade

But the bells in the steeple

Ring for the exit brigade

 

You asked for insight

I looked for a thought

But all I can write

Counts only for nought