<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392267" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>From Brighton Beach</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">That was the joyful moment<br>The seafront at Brighton Beach<br>Sunny,7am, July<br>A Filipino couple, I would guess<br>Smiling at me from a bench<br>As I strode forcefully to the beats<br>And Zulu chants of Johnny Clegg<br>In English, Afrikaans and French</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And it was the moment then<br>There came the jolting of regret<br>Like a lightning bolt at evening<br>When clouds are angry in the desert<br>I knew for certain as I walked<br>The Kalahari had wrecked my life<br>I knew Brighton, I could not return<br>Or remember who I had become.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Reaching for that instant of happiness<br>That blows away like a promissory note<br>Elusive, drifting out to sea<br>I can't be young like a disco-goer<br>Or feel at home in a shebeen<br>I'm sitting by the shores of Zanzibar<br>The rocks of Praia, the Skeleton Coast -<br>All the harbours my soul has been.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But this is England, here, today<br>And it is joyful in my eyes<br>The girls are careless, lovely<br>The children, Mums are beautiful<br>Everyone with a partner<br>Of a different colour or size<br>And I feel beautiful to be alive<br>The warming sea bathed in sunrise<br>Opens its arms for you and me -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And this moment is your's and mine.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Frank+Bana">Frank Bana</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392267" data-title="From Brighton Beach de Frank Bana" data-description="That was the joyful moment The seafront at Brighton Beach Sunny,7am, July A Filipino couple, I would guess Smiling at me from a bench As I strode forcefully to the beats And Zulu chants of Johnny Clegg In English, Afrikaans and French And it was ..."></div> </div> </div>

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