For Gaenor, 2023
Published
Topic
Sadness
Tomorrow is your birthday
So we will celebrate
You would be 79 —
I am still one year older than you;
It never mattered.
Of course we will drink a flagon of beer
And cry “Waes thu dronc hal”
And we’ll stride up a hill in Derbyshire
Singing, till we are out of breath,
hearty songs from Gilbert and Sullivan.
And when we reach the top
We’ll sing sea shanties,
Looking out across the green valleys
And remembering
Many meals and many moments
You are always close by
Soon I will join you.