I’ve been out and seen the world
in the restless years
amid the storms of passions
and changing alliances.
It’s all far away now
as the evening’s fire begin to burn.
I no longer yearn for the open highways
and the thrill of razor mountains.
Here, I’m settled in a quiet way
with the hands of familiarity embracing me.
I am home after a long journey
settled into a loving now
which wishes
nothing else.
Gallagher
25Sep2024
Christchurch
– to the music of “My Thieving Heart”
by Sivert Høyem & Marie Munroe