THANK GOD THERE IS AN IRELAND

Thank God there is an Ireland
to hold our hopes and dreams,
to fill the world with magic,
'til it's bursting at the seams,
to hold the world's beauty,
for all our sons and daughters,
to safeguard every hill,
the land, the air, the waters.

Thank God that hearts so true
have risen to the test,
and kept this magic place,
to give the spirit rest.

And though I do not live there,
a dream that will never be,
thank God there is an Ireland,
and Ireland lives in me.

1 March 2017

SEMPITERNA

I am the life of the earth,
and its green trees,
the air, the water,
the earth itself and its fire.
The sun, the moon, the
wind, the rain and the tides
are mine, and I belong
to them.
Ask not my name,
for it is all names,
nor my language,
for it is all languages.
My roots are in
the jungles of Africa,
and on the arid plain.
I invented all the gods,
to help me tell
my story.
All songs and all instruments
are mine,
all dances and all poems.
It is my visions
that bring the future,
and my memories
that make the past.
I am all women and all men,
the children and the old,
the pleasure of love
and the pain of separation.
Among the clothed,
I am the naked,
among the false,
I am the real,
I am the feast that
does not end or fill.
I am a river through time
that knows no time,
a truth that knows no lie.
I am Life,
and cannot die.

1 March 2017