Possibility
Just leave yourself open to the possibility
That one dawn you wake to find your mind clear,
One dawn you win back the love you derailed,
One dawn you kick the habit of blaming yourself.
One dawn you will wake to hear a clear signal,
A wavelength unmuffled by inference or static,
You will recognise the DJ’s voice as your own
Advertising a unique extravaganza treasure hunt
Where each clue is a signpost through your past.
You will walk through a maze of sleeping estates,
Collecting golden tickets concealed amid mistakes
Made when addiction stopped you thinking straight.
That dawn, when figures emerge amidst the chaos,
You will walk forward, unafraid to embrace happiness.
- Dermot Bolger
The Clondalkin Suite, a sequence of poems by Dermot Bolger, from part of his work in progress entitled County Lives. Commissioned by South Dublin
County Council through In Context 3 and funded under the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government’s Per Cent for Art Scheme, The
Clondalkin Suite is being displayed across Clondalkin. Their texts can be downloaded at http://incontext.southdublin.ie/ where comments may also be
left for the author. Between the January 1st and March 30th 2008, people who live or work in South Dublin County are invited to submit to the author, via
this website, up to three original poems that reflect some aspect of their lives within the county. In September 2008, the full text of County Lives will be
published, consisting of Dermot Bolger’s original sequence interlinked with a representative cross section of submitted poems by other authors.
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