Ceo
An mhaidin
a rabhamar chun cuairt a thabhairt ort
sa mharbhlann, a Éabha,
mheasas gur chuala mé bonnán ceo
Á, dá mbeadh
bonnán ann –
cúig nó deich mbliana ó shin –
a thabharfadh foláireamh dúinn go léir
go raibh d’aislingse
faoi cheo . . .
Nach glé anois –
agus nach glórmhar é –
an radharc atá agat ar an tsíoraíocht!
In Memoriam
On the morning
we were to visit you
in the mortuary, Éabha
I thought I heard a foghorn
Ah, if only there had been
a foghorn
to warn us all –
five or ten years ago –
that your vision
of the future
had been dimmed . . .
How clear now must be –
how glorious –
your vision of eternity!
