Two Twigs Entwined

When you seem to be always one step behind
Arriving for the just departed train
When the slowest car on the road it seems
Is at the end of the passing lane
Two twigs entwined
By a piece of string
Put perspective on everything
And I believe
Yes, I believe.

When life doesn't have to but it still does
When you forget the beauty of her face
When the golden valley is shrouded in mist
Imagination is laid to waste
The sweetest taste
Of bread and wine
Says a better day is mine
And I believe
Yes, I believe.

When the prickly thorns of the truth
Are the sharper than the smell of the rose
Weeds strangle all the flowers of hope
When God only knows
Village square cross
In a circle of stone
Tells my soul, he's not alone
And I believe
Yes, I believe.

78 EATON WOOD GREEN (Dublin) - July 1994

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