You are not dead
You died
And when you died we cried for you
And for ourselves
Now left alone to grieve
You went where we can’t follow
Cannot see or even think be true
Believed yes and hoped
But felt we did not know
Ten years since you’re gone
Twelve since mammy died
And my father’s death
Such a long long time
But now it’s all a piece
With other deaths and other folks I know
And going to the graveyard
Became a lesser task
For life is here and you are alive
And all of you are near
I listened to John’s Gospel read today
The people sat
The priest sat and from his solemn throne
In dulcet tones told out the tale
From Gethsemane to Calvary
And then into the tomb
And I knew as I have always known
That God is good and we shall live
And we shall meet again
We know where and we know when
In Jesus Christ Our Lord
Brian Fahy
7 April 2023
Erris Poetry 