In Memoriam RM 1993-2019

In Memoriam - RM 1993-2019

The January swell stole his young life
Til a February tide gave him back
To family and friends
Who searched to the end.

His light has been quenched
But his reflection still lingers
His voice had been drowned
But his echo is stronger.

His parents greet strangers
As Mary at the cross
But what can you say -
That makes sense of their loss?

His young life has ended
His legend lives on
In hearts and in minds
In hymn and in song.

The spring tide rising
Now burbles and flows
Neath the Galway cathedral
And into the Bay

That soft sheds a tear
For a young lad yet so fair
So generous of heart
His days cut so short.  

A shadow is cast
That will linger and last
Beyond the cold sunset
When stars have long passed.