TRAIN
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Returning
I am on the return journey from my
first visit to Ireland in forty years
I remember how everyone laughs at
everything
How everyone sees the irony in
everything
How everyone says ‘Aye’ with a
knowing look
How everyone says sorry to
everyone even when they don’t have to
How they say ‘Safe home’
How I stepped back the first time
I heard this
Their thirty years of the ‘Troubles’
catching in my throat
How my heart felt
How much I laughed in those weeks
oh beautiful! and it takes me back too... my visit to Ireland - the constant joking and easy laughing. The easy smiles.
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