Morning bright
Dun Laoghaire Harbour
Plainly now in view
Out on deck
A freshening breeze
Swishing sound of sea
We’re breaking through
Longed for moment
Through the year
Mist and fog and drizzling rain
England’s regular routine
Life in Lancashire
Crossing o’er the rolling sea
Darkness as we sleep
Brings a morning bright and clear
Brings a joy so deep
Conceived in Ireland
Born in England
Darkness into light
English born with Irish heart
An emigrant’s delight
I see Dun Laoghaire’s open arms
Her harbour walls embrace
And I a boy am coming home
Proud member of her race
Brian Fahy
30 April 2021
Erris Poetry 