Proclaim It From The Mountaintops Poem by Laurence Overmire

Atop Edinburgh Castle
On the parapet from which
Mons Meg looms
With a threatening pow'r
Looking north
On a cloudy day

Suddenly the sun comes out
But the beams streaming in
Are blocked by the enormity
Of the castle rock
Casting a vast shadow on the
City below

Darkness everywhere
Except
There
On the Firth of Forth
There is a band of sunshine
On the river edge
The light breaking across
From the top of the
Mount

You don't believe me?

It's true!

Sunshine on Leith! !

The Proclaimers knew what they were
Talking about!

~ Laurence Overmire

(Previously published in The Ghost of Rabbie Burns, An American Poet's Journey Through Scotland, Indelible Mark Publishing,2016)