There has to be you
Someone that I talk to
Like Tom Hanks’ Castaway
Even a ball will do
But I am only me
If you are there you see
And you are always there
Just took a long time to realise
You wouldn’t leave me spare
Tonight in church I see
Silent in their pews
Quiet women sitting still
Staring at the wall?
Not at all
They know that you are there
Real presence really care
And so they sit and pray
God bless us here today
Another year begins
And you are now baptised
Confirmed in who you are
Beloved son he cries
And I beloved too
If I did but know
I’ll sit in silence now
Until you tell me so
Brian Fahy
8 January 2022
+ Online tonight I found the church of the Assumption, Collooney, County Sligo, and saw a few women sitting silently looking towards the sanctuary, as they waited for evening mass. They set me thinking.
Erris Poetry 