My Room

(Theotokos by my daughter - Gabrielle)

10 by 12

And a low roof

If I stand by the side wall

My head feels the reproof.

Five holy pictures

Hang on the walls –

The Virgin and Child

St Anthony of Padua

St Patrick our own

Leo XIII

And the Little Flower.

My bed in the centre

So many things to me –

A dining table,

A writing desk,

A couch,

And a slumber palace.

My room is a musty attic

But its little window

Lets in the stars.

~Patrick Kavanagh