((20 minute poetry)

To be sure

the beginning always starts with a flutter of hearts and the shivers that run down your spines.

Has it happened to you
how many times,
and can you tell me
what did it do?

did it make all those dreams that you once dreamt come true,
or did the heart only flutter in you?

down here on the lower rung
where the choir boys once
stood and
sung,
it's a long way back to
Tipperary.

From Bantry bay
through Kenmare
on the way,
then on to the old town of
Cork
it was a long road,
but a nice day
for a walk.