The Contentment Years

Those years of labour and chasing time

Now a distant memory in my mind

When struggling, fighting winter storms

I longed for summers warm and kind.

During the long dark winter nights

Through storms and winter gales

Thrown and tossed like a rag doll

As winds did moan and wail

Now that life is all behind me

Just a memory from the past

Days now filled with contentment

Work now no more a task

A calm and quiet assurance

Now fills each day of life

More time to spend together

With my dear long suffering wife

Half a lifetime spent apart

Due to the call of the sea

Now back home with my family

In life’s quiet and gentle lea.

Jim Campbell