The Shepherd

Having taken stock the shepherd rests

close by his gathered flock

all lambs, ewes and rams

accounted for.

In the city

beyond the hills where a glow transcends

and lights up the sky

a seemingly safe zone

where wolves don't roam

not like here in the wild.

Least one would not have thought,

but a child has strayed or been abducted

and no one's missed her yet...

yet there's a stirring in the fold

wavering cries arouse his concern

hones his senses

and a-one-man search begins.

~Esmond~

Copyright Esmond Jones 2000

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