I WALKED THROUGH THE DAFFODILS
AND SAW THE PATHWAY TO LIFE
LINES COMPOSED AT THE NAAS ACCESS MEETING
IN ‘THE MEN’S SHED’ ON DUBLIN ROAD ON THE 17TH JULY 2020 by Timmy Conway
Crows Roaring
Gulls Screaming
Swans chasing Ducks
Children throwing bread
Into the still water
Of the canal
All is quiet for a second
Then all hell breaks loose
Pandemonium everywhere
Each bird determines to be first
The Strongest gets there
Best fed
Looking for more
Always looking for more
For much needs more
This is the way it is
Always was
And always will be.
ROBIN ROBIN ON A TREE
WILL YOU STOP AND SING FOR ME
NOT OF BLACKBIRD
OR OF CROW
BUT THE LITTLE SONG WE KNOW
I stood under a drooping chestnut tree
All were there
Just me
With leaves like a Banshees hair
And I was there
To watch a new leaf grow
To let me know
To swallow and forget
That I will pass
But not yet
I will enjoy this moment and forget
I PUT MY FEET INTO THE RIVER
AT DEBURGH’S WOOD
THE TINGLE SENT COLD VIBRATIONS THROUGH ME
SENSATIONS OF THE MYSTIC
NEVER FOUND IN WORDS
I FEEL YOUR HEART
TROBBING THROUGH MY VEINS
INSIDE THERE IS NO PLACE
NOT FILLED BY YOU
FILLING EVERY CORNER OF MY MIND
YOU ARE EVERYWHERE I AM
To wander
Down the path of daffodils
See only your face
Your smile
Feel your heart in mine
Everything in its place
Mine
I raise my eyes
Walk through bent grass
Calm to a standstill
The Oak silently nurturing the fetus
Breeze wrapping the ringlets up the daffodil
No mind-boggling equations
To day
I saw
A Seagull
Chase a Crow
They are enemies
Now I know
I sit by the canal
Worrying the trivial into crisis