THE GRASS IS GREENER
Prompt - The Grass is Greener : Write about switching the place with someone or going to where it seems the grass is greener.
Jim and John both wanted change
So they've gone and made a switch
John's at Jim's and Jim's at John's
Both need to scratch their itch
They've known each other fifty years
From school to death of wives
They stayed so close yet far apart
Lived very different lives
Jim's wee cottage is on the coast
Pettycur Beach close at hand
But he wants to be among people
Had enough of the sea, sky and sand
John's flat in Leith looks out on the docks
Across the Forth from Jim
Fed up of the crowds and the sirens
The silence sounds perfect to him
So they've swapped over lives for a month
Each certain the other has found
The right way to live in contentment
Both seeking for answers profound
Both of them soon learn their lesson
And, phoning, they quickly admitted
That this wasn't working the way that they'd hoped
Their own lives the ones they best fitted
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