(A playground of packets)
Bidh meuran ciùin a’ cagarsaich gu feòirnean
gu socrach, a’ sireadh muinntir gun chuireadh
air fhalach, anns na tìrean urramaiche.
Gairm foidhle a bhrùthadh
fhathast gun fhreagairt, air fhàgail crochte.
Air chruinneachadh gu sgiobalta an uair sin air a thilgeil air falbh
am broinn tuill dhubh, gròbach, air an talamh.
Tha sealladh farsaing a’ togail ceist shàmhach
an fhreagairt, sèist de ghnogadh.
Cha ghlanas an raon-cluiche seo e fhèin
agus mar sin, bidh na neo-chiontach a’ caismeachd air adhart.
Victoria NicIomhair
Victoria Maciver is a poet, living with her young family in the Scottish Highlands, writing in both English and Gaelic. Her work has been featured in Northwords Now and anthologies by the Federation of Writers (Scotland), Glasgow's City of Poets and The Scottish Books Trust.