Leaving the Island

Inishbofin

Inishbofin. Photo by Bodi Hallett

Leaving the Island (Inishbofin)

It must be have been
the slant of the light,
the sheer cross-grain of rain
against the summer sun,
the way the island appeared
gifted, out of the gleam
and the depth of distance,
so that when you turned
to look again,
the scend of the sea
had carried you on,
under the headland
and into the …