Thursday, December 5, 2024

What I Remember

 

A stream, somewhere in Connemara,

working its way through strewn boulders,

over a mosaic of rust-coloured stones.


The thousand sounds of water, finding

its races constantly blocked, celebrating

 boisterously its thousand victories.


The percussion of its falling into pools

isolated in hollows beneath the rocks;

a deeper tock under the spray’s sibilance.


The sprightliness of  mountain flow

through the gentle, soft greenery

of the fields beneath the slopes.


The exuberance of those waters rushing

through the channels of a young boy’s heart;

rushing still.

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