Just for a moment

We sit
On a cliff, on the north Somerset coast
We’re overlooking the Bristol Channel to South Wales
We eat, drink and talk
We try to work out where Cardiff, Swansea and Barry Island are
We wonder if those in Wales are doing the same
It’s easier at night, when their lights shine bright
The Sun is blazing down
Welcome but untypical for an English bank holiday
Kids are crabbing and playing in the rock pools
A man is fishing off the rocks
Holidaymakers stop to enjoy warmth of the Sun’s rays
We listen to the festival music on the sea breeze

For a moment…
The kids forget all about the pressures of school
For a moment…
The fisherman thinks of only one thing
For a moment…
Holidaymakers have left their worries at their front door
And just for a moment…
You’d be forgiven for thinking everything was alright in the world

But sadly in a moment of reflection…
We would all be wrong…

Jeff Dawson Sept 2019