The words, poems, stories and thoughts of award winning writer and journalist, Nic Outterside
Sionnan I love you dearly
Don’t look away
I never left you
Sionnan I long to see you
Don’t look away
I am still waiting
Sionnan I long to hear you
Don’t look away
I still need you
Sionnan I long to hold you
Don’t look away
I am not leaving
Sionnan I long to kiss you
Don’t look away
I am not running
Sionnan I long to sense you
Don’t look away
I am still pleading
Sionnan I will not leave you
Don’t look away
This is your father.
Blonde and blue-eyed
My darling great queen
Your gentleness
Shines out before you
I made a life promise
The day you were born
That never could I
Dare to leave you.
Clever and caring
My darling great queen
Your gentleness
Shines out before you
I watched as you grew
And started at school
I never thought once
I would lose you.
Learning and loving
My darling great queen
Your gentleness
Shines out before you
Ten years now have passed
My heart beats too fast
To think of that life
Gone without you.
Searching and seeking
My darling great queen
Your gentleness
Shines out before you
A grey life lived on the rim
Because my love never dims
A broken heart reaches
Northwards to you.
You were my first born
My blue-eyed son
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
You were my true north
Son of my right hand
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
You were my first joy
Son of the South
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
You were my own pride
Youngest of Jacob
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
You were my rock
Son of my sorrow
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
You were my future
Love of my soul
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
How did I wrong you?
Brave son of my loins
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
You daddy is calling
Cross the green pasture
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
So come home quickly
Time it has passed
A lifetime ago
Where are you now?
No Time to Think 