the rev of engines
pipes and drums
was music to my ears
and rock & roll marching
with pibroch and puirt à beul
was freedom’s call and answer
a boom-box jive on the streets
the wind made its own beat
whipped five thousand flags
into a single crack of thunder
ten thousand voices raised
there was a steady rhythm
as tarmac echoed the journey
a different future approaching
footstep by footstep
this is the song of tomorrow
of dawn and twilight circling
where no-one owns the light
nor the darkness nor that music
just people walking
determined in their hearts
walking and singing out loud
on the hard stone road
© BH, 2020
I went on the Inverness freedom March - 25th January 2020. Estimated 8,000 - 12,000 marchers. It was a good way to spend the day. Lots of flags and positive people. I responded to the Poetry24 challenge ‘MUSIC’ with my first draft. After a little more work, I posted it to the IFM page - that, after all, was where it belonged.
Poetry24 FB challenge on MUSIC - News article: BBC -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-51237546
also posted on 27th January on the Inverness Freedom March page.
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