If I was to begin to discern
How far a heart might expand
I might begin
To deem it necessary
To trace the banks
Of mighty river
And embrace
The "Peace"
That spans its breadth
An Easter Sunday
Procession
Began in the Bogside
The sky itself
Wept
As our march
Paid hommage
To lives
Cut down
Through tragic
Acts of senseless
Violence
Calls for justice
Still echo
In the wind
Unanswered
Bogside muraled mosaics
Commemorate a struggle
For Liberation
Brandywell monuments
Of
Those felled
During it's call
Whom would not
See it delivered
Song lyric
Incarnate
Gasyard .. housing
Community resources
Chest heaving
Sinew burning
Whilst scaling urban mountains
To the pinnacles
of Creggan...
A commanding view
The reward of exertion
Ancient Oaks
My very life-blood
Niall of the Nine Hostages
Gives rise
In subsequent generations
to
Colmcille
Ancestral inheritance
Unfolds
My soul
Houses the energy
Of Druidic
Worship
and
That of
Christian crusader
That fashioned
The floor boards
Of his church
From
The sacred forest
Lineages .. mine
From either side
of an ages old
Conflict
A sworn oath
To kill each other
Then
Housed in my heart
Historic walls
House
Gastro & cultural diversity
Start at "the diamond"
And weave
An endless array of
Treasured memories
Town square
Children and pets
Providing
Endless entertainment
While they enjoy
The water display
Guild Hall
Stunning architecture
Undergoes endless
Metamorphosis
With transitioning
Daylight
Epic amphitheatre
Skyline
Embracing cloud animation
Heart-stirring sunsets
Moon-bathed Foyle
Reflecting Lunar
downloads
Mother Gaia's lifeblood
Vital artery
Transporting vitality
Along its winding path
Also holds
The mourning energy
And anguish
Of those abbreviated lives
That could not
Or would not
Find community
I will always
Hold you
In my heart
And pray
That you now
Know peace
My ancestors
You walked this
Land
You are this land
My heart
Was torn asunder
By your age
Old
Conflict
I seek
Peace
That you will
Know peace
How then can I go?
I don't think I've ever left.....
R. O'Neill (Oct. 07, 2017)
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