An Eternal Tune

We breathe in the County Laois air, As we walk down the long avenue without a care, Two best friends side by side, Remembering our humble lairs, As we approach the end of the avenue We know we both care About our past of lively, young girls Steeped in riding racehorses, that was our destiny, our course Of lots of fun in the sun, Even in the rain Slanting across the untamed Heath, Freedom without a worry, without a chain Of responsibilities, we found the same heartbeats, As we danced to the birds chorus in the early dawn, The caravans are now gone, Just an empty space filled with a lingering essence Of energy, emotions kicking at the rules, We laughed like the sun always shone, Splashing in the garden pond With summer's rays of courage found Richard, Tommy, Nootsy, Joey and I, Riding racehorses down country roads with our endless chatter, The breeze was our companion that matters, The trees guarding our presence, The birds our chorus of dreams, Living was a gift always with the promise of the sun, But great sadness was going to be part of our future, As my best friend Nootsy and Richard passed away too soon, On never forgotten days of being young an eternal tune, I still go back to the Heath House in my dreams, Walking beside my best friend down the long avenue, With the white Georgian house glistening in the County Laois light, I hold memories like treasure held so tight, They are God's Angels making their imprint a glorious sight, As the land merges with the past it is the mystique of the night, They dance underneath the glow of the stars and the moon Listening to the beauty of their eternal tune.