It sits there the mountain
Inviting us to climb
And if you’ve got MND
You haven’t got much time
But Charlie says he’ll do it
He has even planned the day
A sponsored climb for those now sick
And for those who couldn’t stay
Croagh Patrick like a pyramid
Pointed pinnacle
Rising from the Murrisk ground
For saint and cynical
Come up here and see the view
Admire the mountains far
And greet Clare Island in the bay
And Campbells for a jar
And don’t be so defeated
There is something you can do
To meet the end of everything
To say I saw it through
To accept what cannot now be changed
Exchanging fear for peace
This is my life I lived it
And wonders never cease
Brian Fahy
8 January 2022
+ Charlie Bird, a retired RTE journalist, aged 72, has Motor Neurone Disease. He is planning to climb the ‘Reek’, Croagh Patrick on April 2nd 2022, and to raise money for MND and for Pieta, the charity in Ireland for the prevention of suicide.
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