After forty-seven years
There’ll be some tears
As we proceed to break up
Although we may cry
As we say goodbye
Soon we will surely make up
This was a divorce
That felt taken by force
In fact it was rather half-hearted.
Voting leave only just
It seemed that we must
Continue, and find ourselves parted.
We’ve left the EU
Technically overdue
Although nothing changed overnight
Just wait one more year
There are changes I fear
Some people already took flight.
Though a hole we will leave
In peace we believe
Not in messages shown on a bus
But in one sent afar
“This is our star,
Please look after it for us.”
Mairi Wallace
Some thoughts on Brexit, a poem to mark the UK leaving the EU.
This poem became my first instagram post @mairipoetry .