© by Caitríona Ní Chléirchín (b. 1978)
Translation by Mícheál Ó hAodha (b. 1969)

I take flight through a sky of memory
Language: English  after the Irish (Gaelic) 
I take flight through a sky of memory
made of dark secrets
and bright-city far below
flying back through the days I spent
close beside you
the echo of your voice resonating
in whispers of sunlight
across waves set aflame, I take flight
memory’s tide washing over me, through me
in clouds silent and dark, in you, I take flight

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