‘This is your Captain speaking’
The voice ground out with gravity.
I suddenly sat up straight in my seat
To hear what was the calamity!
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Skylight of pine like a picture frame,
Only eye of my sleepless musing;
What strikes me at this hour of dreams
Is the single star that looks at me
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A refugee that’s me; my country goodbye:
For the fear of a prison gate from you I fly.
So full of hope and looking back no more
I landed safe and sound on Ireland’s shore.
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Dubh Linn -meaning 'black pool'
is Dublin's ancient name.
its streams of man made media
spread worldwide:
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The best weather people in all of the world
wouldn't predict a scene with such a sheen
on calm sea waters mirroring the clear sky
with bright banks of fluffy clouds behind,
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The red sun has risen on the earth's rim
Over the sands of Saudi Arabia,
Climbing through the clouds
As our Etihad flight from Dublin
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Father of a boy and girl
busy in the playground
down in the town park,
launching them high up
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I had a dream last night
of children - little fugitives,
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Spring left her golden cloak behind her,
It's suspended in the branches of a tree
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