Defiance
The Old man and the Sea said:
‘it’s a big storm so we may as well enjoy it’
Driving empty roads in red warning hours,
To pass a jackknifed HGV perched helpless upon her side,
Tyre tracks cut deep into the embankment,
And so with driver long gone I pass by unaffected:
Calm, sharp and feeling alive.
For fear is a funny thing
And it could take hold at the most innocuous of moments:
Upon waking on a Monday morning,
Or pinned to the wall in some conversation
But not now,
Not today,
Or on some crisis like this.
~ Gamhain MacCionaoith
Cathair na Mart
Mí Dheireadh Fómhair
2025
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