Feeling silence saved for starlit night br In Cuba, where my unborn children cried, br Undid my mind and bade me thus to write. br br Floodgates broke our landlocked city’s height br In Birmingham, where chemistry’s denied, br Feeling silence saved for starlit night. br br My concrete bloodstains on that broken site br In Cheltenham; where garech nearly died, br Undid my mind and bade me thus to write. br br Two men walked with me through my urban fight br In Carrigallen, where our rage was tried, br Feeling silence saved for starlit night. br br Watching time depart beyond twilight br In Cavan, where the sterling nurses lied, br Undid my mind and bade me thus to write. br br In Leitrim always, when the moon shone bright, br Wandering wild glens and cliffs inside, br Feeling silence saved for starlit night br Undid my mind and bade me thus to write.