When the pen takes control.

Old oak tree, oh old oak tree

I think of the joys

you have given to me

when you give me shade

if the weather is hot

and you give me shelter

when it is not

and I know in the future

when I’m not around

you will still stand sentinel

with your roots in the ground

but if in my lifetime

you should take your last breath

your memory will linger

even after your death.

To some this picture may look like fun

and to others possibly reckless

but it could easily offend someone

who remember a tyre could be a necklace

but hopefully those sad days are done

and the rule of law from such will protect us

Now all the world knows that

Lord Horatio Nelson was an admiral

and some might even realise

that Garnet Wolsely damn his eyes

was the very model of a modern Major general

the test of time has shown us these are not ephemeral