November 23rd 1981

My heart lies on yonder hill
My heart is lying very still
Once it danced in joyous thrill
Now my heart lies so very still.

There flowers grow and fade away
And love’s a memory today
Can no-one take this pain away
To let my heart once more be gay?

The stillness shouts at cold, dank earth
There’s little here of mother’s birth
Except the pains, like labour, gone
And life and loving - both are done.

And now on yonder hillside bleak
Flowers nod their heads to speak
Of vibrant life-sparks, now so still
Feeding them on yonder hill.