GONDOLA AT GLENDALOUGH

wounded
with bird song
the moment oozes time

the sunlight playing
cat-&-mouse
with the shadows

the bird nails its song
unto the sky
passing clouds pause to listen

("Oh!")says the water
where the stone has gone
(("Oh!")) ((("Oh!"))) & ( ( ( ("Oh!") ) ) )

the dead standing
outside time
looking in on the living

the hedge grows
a crop of sparrows
afternoon lessens

Ireland is almost over
for another day at least
the planet turns in its sleep

a gondola
glides through memory
cutting through time