LET’S pray the Balmoral sails again
On summer days when the Channel is silver
And the sky is azure and warm.
It is so graceful, Queen of the sea
White, black and sleek, an alluring sight
Leaving the pier and Penarth’s pebbled shore
A journey it’s made countless times before.
So let’s pray the Balmoral sails again
Ghosts who boarded from 1949
Will be hoping it rides the waves once more
Crossing the border, Flat and Steep Holm to the rear.
I stood on the deck staring with pleasure
Drifting and leaving all my stress behind
With just the beautiful scene on my mind.
Guy Fletcher
Pantmawr
Cardiff
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