I thought to go to a quieter place
Gibraltar Point or Theddlethorpe
I have been before to quiet places
Slapton Sands or on top of Dartmoor
I thought that to travel there often
Would be an expense of time of money
Yet I have often travelled for peace
Beggared the expense
Spent all that I had
Instead I thought to stay nearer to home
To create my own quiet space
To sit in my own rooms
To walk through my own gardens
Then I thought what do I own
What might I lay my hands upon
And say yes yes this is mine
It is the one thing which I do own
Or the one thing which I thought I owned
