Belfast in the Rain

Neither my eyes

nor lens

can encompass

the gravity

that encompasses

such birth to grave to rebirth

the sky weeps

tears disfigure

and transform

too much

but

I will try

Newgrange to Belfast

The country

morphs into

more and less

the waters

recede

and other floods

engage

Newgrange

Stone and earth

earth and stone

centuries past

make us one

the light will come

reveal our way

our longest night

their shortest day

Dublin

Local

National

International

Famine Statues -- Dublin

Where were you going
you of my heart
my soul
my blood

Where have you gone
my past
my present
my future

Where will you be
in my life
the life of my children
my children's children

and where am I?