Eventide

I want to know, when day is done
That life has been worth living,
That I have brought somebody joy
Through kind unselfish living.

I want to feel, when evening falls
and shadows quickly lengthen,
That I have made somebody glad
Some weakness I have strengthened.

I want to know, that come what may
I've left some cheer and gladness.
I want to feel, at close of day
I've banished someone's sadness.

I want to feel at eventide
That someone's cares were lighter,
Because of kindness I have done
May someone's life be brighter.

Unknown Author

Forgotten Queens

Turning quickly in a heart's fluttered beat,
Images frighten waves of consciousness.
Anger torments reason's stoic nature.
A killer's eye comes to its prey and rests.

Brighid's flames brandish weapons of fury,
Fire raging unchecked through a raped soul.
Destruction pours from mortal bloodstained hands
Until the night sky trembles and grows cold.

The Morrighan appears above the battle,
Resolve resounding in the raven's eye.
The Gatherer walks swift across the field
Carrying home souls not yet meant to die.

Forgotten queens still grace the winds of time,
Keeping their spirits safe in heart and mind.