I am talking to people
I have never met
Hands across the ocean
Cousins in Chicago
Family devotion
A little house in Slinaun
Six sisters and a brother
Three went to America
Goodbye to their mother
Relations in Chicago
All I ever knew
Now I hunt the Internet
Say how do you do
A journey across the ocean
Occasional letter home
I love you love you mammy
So sad I had to roam
I have visited the homestead
Sat inside the place
Imagining the family
Forebears of my race
Scattered lives united
Family and friends
Tell each other stories
Loving never ends
Brian Fahy
30 October 2021
Erris Poetry 