Poems by Achill Island writer Anne Kelly. This section contains poems about Achill and other subjects, written by Achill Island native Anne Kelly. Use the links below to return to the poems index page or the daily poem from Achill Island.

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Healing

You sit and weep
For the lost, loved one
Deaf to all your cries
Blind to all your tears.

She does not seem to care
For all your pain.
She has enough of her own
And wants to be left alone.

Why can't you trust her?
Abandon your own longing
For what can never be.
There is too much misunderstanding.

You sit and mourn
For the lost, loved one
Until I take pity on your sadness
And offer you my hand.

Let me take a drop
Of your salt stained tears
And leave it in a secret spot
Where both of you may stumble on it

As you make your way
To a spring full of hope.
And stay while the secret salt
Does the silent work of healing.

by Anne Kelly

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