Narrative

Roman presence, virgin 
Tongue testing trapped 
Identities, Scotland had 
Not yet sung. Picts, 
The painted ones, 
Leader Calgacus. 
Trees and rivers of Perthshire 
A constant. The story 
Of Mons Graupius, do 
Ghosts haunt the wrong 
Battle. 
Abernethy watchtower, belfry 
And beacon. Witnesses 
Of Scotland's incarnations unifying into a whole. 
The distant caress of 
Viking calls. 
Scotland and its foes 
View each other through 
Either side of 
The needles eye as 
Perthshire is sewn into 
The Celtic soul.