Thursday, 13 December 2012

Niverlan





‘Do you know, Peter asked, why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.’  J.M.Barrie
 
Niverlan

Niverlan’s fur the bladded bide,
Trapped in their youth foraye
Ower feart tae step intae the licht
In the Big Fowk’s warld ootbye

Condemned tae dwall in the hynie back
Far crocodiles snap an rear
Fit malagaroozin spyled their weird
In the mists o yesteryear?

Ower feart tae raxx oot o the cage
Is’t better the hurt they ken
Than the fear o somethin waur than coorse
In the hames o grown up men?


Sheena Blackhall

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