Reminisce. A poem by Liam McNevin

(Lines to Patrick)

Concerns over a Virus means I must stay alone.
The books given as presents I’m grateful for,
they help pass the time. I have the light on
which makes an empty house more homely.

I’m relaxed and in the moment when first I hear it
soft and steady, like interference on a monitor;
then change to a rhythmic muffled drum-roll.
I dismiss it and carry on reading until the sound
increases issuing an invitation.

And I subordinate, allow my head, fill with it.

This event calls to mind a time at your parents’ house,
the door ajar and the two of us are standing there,
looking out at the teeming rain.

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Liam is part of the Tallaght based Virginia House Creative Writers. His Poems have been published in Flare and Boyne Berries 27 &28