༺ Sunshine & Shadow ༻

birthday bicycle

Me and my dad

ah, the glory of that bicycle
is it so long ago
that birthday?

wheeling scared elated
entrusted to momentum
my Dad released me
laughing steps receding
down our little hill

wind thrilled
my boyhood ablaze
with love mutely given
and tacitly received

“Colmcille and Hughie 2007”

𐑭 𐑞 𐑜𐑤𐑹𐑦 𐑓 𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑚𐑲𐑕𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤
𐑦𐑟 𐑦𐑑 𐑕𐑴 𐑤𐑪𐑙 𐑩𐑜𐑴
𐑞𐑨𐑑 𐑚𐑻𐑔𐑛𐑱?

𐑢𐑰𐑤𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑒𐑺𐑛 𐑧𐑤𐑱𐑑𐑩𐑛
𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑳𐑕𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑥𐑴𐑥𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑳𐑥
𐑥𐑲 𐑛𐑨𐑛 𐑮𐑩𐑤𐑰𐑕𐑛 𐑥𐑰
𐑤𐑨𐑓𐑦𐑙 𐑕𐑑𐑧𐑐𐑕 𐑮𐑧𐑕𐑰𐑛𐑦𐑙
𐑛𐑬𐑯 𐑬𐑼 𐑤𐑦𐑑𐑩𐑤 𐑣𐑦𐑤

𐑢𐑦𐑯𐑛 𐑞𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑛
𐑥𐑲 𐑚𐑶𐑣𐑫𐑛 𐑩𐑚𐑤𐑱𐑟
𐑢𐑦𐑞 𐑤𐑳𐑝 𐑥𐑿𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑜𐑦𐑝𐑩𐑯
𐑯 𐑑𐑩𐑕𐑦𐑑𐑤𐑦 𐑮𐑦𐑕𐑰𐑝𐑛

(Shavian script)

HC: 2003