Mixed emotions found languishing in a drawer after a quarter of a century. |
| Celtic Memories On a mild October afternoon, Irish melodies fill my head. Penny whistles and violins Sound like mournful birdsong, While the hammered dulcimer and harp Conjure sweet, melancholy memories Of another October evening, long ago, As I watched a handsome Cavalier and a Faerie Queen, Exchange wedding vows in a moonlit glade, In a cathedral of soaring pines and starlight. The knight in shining armor had chosen someone else, Yet, I truly wished them endless happiness As I wept for joy and misery in equal measure. |