The path is set with crystal stones
Rippling in the sun's embrace
A wisp of rarefied breeze
Traces the road to the place that awaits.
--()()()()()--
I will follow the oft-trodden gems
And hear the mysteries they whisper,
I’ve heard their silent promise
And heed their clarion call.
--()()()()()--
In whispered tones that
Hover high above the birds
They speak of dreams
That once were mine
--()()()()()--
And told me I could rest
Tomorrow.
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Love Letters Through Time
Context: Grace (Gráinne) Gifford, was a participant in the Irish nationalist struggle against British rule, which led to ‘The Easter Rising’, Easter Monday, 1916 in Dublin, Ireland. She was betrothed to one of the leaders, who were due to be executed the morning after being taken prisoner. Joseph and Grace were married the night before in his prison cell. Joseph (Seosamh Pluinceid)) was one of the leaders of The Rising, a signatory of the Irish Proclamation and, in death, a revered Irish hero. These are my imaginings of ‘her’ final words to him. I include a few words in Irish Gaelic as the movement that led to the rebellion favored speaking Irish, instead of English. I would wager a guess, as they were both poets and writers in the Irish republican movement that she would have chosen to marry her love of country with her love of him in expressing her devotion.
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Your poem evokes thoughts of the next life, that are whispered each day in life’s little mysteries. Lovely images