County Meath, Ireland

On Meath hills,
chaffinch, robin play sounds of day,
lambs, cows on bass.

Shadow of wind crawls west
over grassy fields reined
by dry stone wall, hawthorn, pine.

Border terrier chases, then leads
an ATV.  A farmer drives sheep
from field where cattle graze.

Above me, peers scout the summit
enter cairn chamber,
eye limestone etchings

as I sit on this stone bench
something of an outcast.
Breathing in afternoon air
and return of words I said at the start,
I will not be last.