The Kemptown Verses

By JJ Leahy

Goodbye

Grave
The tide is ebbing.
Wind is coming up

It is starting to get chilly;

People slowly trundle off the beach

The sound of laughing drifting away,
I see dark clouds forming overhead

Sitting on stones, becomes uncomfortable now,

The tidy is ebbing.

Its time to say goodbye

I treasure the time we had together;
The cheerful fun and happiness

Its seems a long way off now,

My heart is getting heavy and sad

Nature’s draws a poignant picture,
In those heavy black clouds;

See the sun is going down.

I will never forget you
The tide is out,

The beach is so lonely now

Noli timere*
* Noli timere / ‘Don’t be afraid – The last words spoken by the poet Seamus Heaney

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