RAGH CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD​

                                   YOUNG  MOLLIE   [SEPTEMBER 1926 - MAY 6 th 2013 , AGE=87]    

 

BY FINTAN DUNNE -A TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER BORN AND REARED IN BAWNMORE,[MOLLIE DUNNE,NEE PHELAN]

 

 

ONCE   A YOUNG GIRL RAN BAREFOOT THROUGH THE FIELDS OF KILKENNY ,

SHE TURNED WOMAN,THEN MOTHER,AND A GOOD FRIEND TO MANY.

 

SHE SAW TIDES OF ETERNITY SURGE AND THEN EBB,

WHILE THE TAPESTRY OF LIFE SPUN AN INTRICATE WEB.

 

AS A YOUNG GIRL RUNS BAREFOOT THROUGH FIELDS OF BAWNMORE.

 

AND THE SUM OF HER LIFE IS NOT WEIGHED BY ACCLAIM,

NOR GAUGED BY ACCOMPLISHMENTS,POINTS IN A GAME.

IT'S MEASURED IN MOMENTS,IT'S SOFT LIKE THE RAIN.

IT'S A YOUNG GIRL,BAREFOOT - WITH LOVE AS HER AIM.

WITH LOVE AS HER AIM,AND HER AIM WAS TRUE.

FOR SHE STRUCK ME-AND MAYBE SHE STRUCK YOU.

 

AND SHE SOFTENED OUR DAYS............

LIKE THE MAY MORNING MIST, WHICH GLISTENS ON GRASS,

AND ON FLOWERS ON HER WRIST.

AS A YOUNG GIRL RUNS BAREFOOT THROUGH FIELDS OF BAWNMORE.

SO IT WAS;NOW IT IS;WILL IT BE EVER MORE.

 

SEEK HER NOT;SHE'S STILL NEAR.

MERELY GONE ON BEFORE.

SHE'S OUT THERE - NOW ,RUNNING

THROUGH FIELDS OF BAWNMORE.

 

SO MOLLIE WAS;

AND SO SHE STILL IS;

AND SO SHALL SHE BE;

EVER MORE.