Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Referendum Question - a poem for the aftermath



Referendum Question

Would there have been tears

when the old Union died,
a bitter mourning for the loss
of joyous hope denied?
Or is this death forever theirs
who dare to look beyond the past?
The autumn sun is lower now,
the wind blows cool, the petals drop; 
the hills lie purple as the pheasants’ cry
foretells their death before the guns,
and far from here contending claims
engulf the promises held out
to save a tryst whose love was spent.
The question asks the aftermath:
would there, would there have been tears?


© C.M.M 09/14

1 comment:

  1. Only tears of joy to be awakened from our collective Stockholm syndrome.

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