Long Hair or Short

Was that when your hair was long
Or short, that evening standing by
The cooker with the steamy smell
Of flowery spuds in the air when I
Caught you around the waist from
Behind and you half turned and
Half kissing , half saying "They'll
Burn if I don't take them up "
Knowing that you wouldn't until
We'd finished what we'd half started.

Was that when I loved you first and
Knew that I'd have to remember well
The nape and gleam and collar bones
And the glinting glister as you rose
and Fell before the final sighs in the fading
Light of the dark Dublin evening.
Was that when your hair was long or
Short? Will all finally fade away or
Will your name, and nape and voice
And all that shone in the half light
Drift away on the dying days.

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Biography

I was born on a farm on the Cavan Meath border where life had just enough deprivation to foster appreciation. I'm a great believer in the "glass half full" idea . I'm beginning to bore myself already........ I wouldn't swop any part of my life so far and I find it quite exhilarating....yet I'm sure a lot of decent folk would find it so dull. I'm sorry if I sound evasive....I'll answer any questions you may wish to ask but my early training told me never to boast about oneself and even though you're just asking for facts I'd be afraid some might consider some fact just mere bragging.