Official Name: Republic of Lithuania Established: 6 July 1253 (Kingdom of Lithuania), 16 February 1918 (Independence from Russia) Population: 2,795,334 (2020 estimate) Religion: 93% Christianity Language(s): Lithuanian, Polish, Russian Capital: Vilnius Order of Visit: Twenty-Fourth First Visit: 17 July 2006 Last Visit: 18 July 2006 Duration: 2 Days Visit Highlights: Vilnius – Gediminas Square, St Peter and […]
Destination: Lithuania — Nathan’s Insights
Date of Sighting: 02-Feb-97 14:25 Location of Sighting: Selkirk, Selkirkshire Brief Description of sighting: Mirror like object. It was flickering.
Selkirkshire, Scotland, UK; February 2, 1997 — UFO Network
Birds announce the spring
whilst winter’s cold grasp lingers.
Waiting can be sweet
Copyright Francis 2021
The light without dark
Summer without the winter —
this duality
Copyright Francis 2021
Brigid, we parted one February,
an ending for us as the swelling of spring began.
Your name was not Brigid;
the Irvines were lowland Scots, after all,
but you resembled that Irish princess
with the auburn hair, the green eyes,
that cover of the paperback you had lent me
which had entranced me so.
What is it about chemistry?
Or is it music, the way cello and violin
complement one another?
Does the body reflect the soul,
or is flesh mere pretense to mask the true intention?
Things are clearer now —
weren’t we in love with love?
So much easier to bear than with each other,
where loss, pain and misery are set off,
the ticking time bomb of this duality.
And I didn’t say… but I saw you the other day,
older, wiser, a family of your own
but with the same look in your eyes,
so green.
Brigid, though decades now separate us,
I am glad of our anonymity,
the memory of what love might be.
Copyright Francis 2021
***Written for Earth Weal Weekly Challenge regarding Imbolc.
