what’s read can mean other than what’s writ, who’s to say?
what life words live when spoken or heard? choose to say -

a mind in motion bears aloft a shining prize;
arrest and pause, hang in suspense - it moves to say -

sunlight and shadow mix upon a grassy hill;
either welcomes - or climb a tree! - and choose to say -

what witnessed you that night with glinting starlit eyes;
a cry half-heard, half-smothered - joy? or who’s to say -

the legacy of times gone by carved deep in rock;
you peer amidst the scattered stones and muse to say -

what mysteries the moonlight pulls from out the earth;
half-hid, her light reveals, or conceals, clues to say -

between the cup and lip disaster often lurks;
proverbs caution, but slips can yield a sooth to say -

these alloys quenched will darken from a ruddy glow;
a cup of red will brighten eyes, brews to say -

thrice woven threads about her summon forth the fae;
what weal or woe Niamh spins? then ask her: who’s to say?