Scotland: My Love Renewed Poem by Paul Reed

I feel the joy and tears
Swell up within my breast
The scent of fresh morning
And the years peel away;
The mountain burns sprinkling
The cool munch of grass,
Dusty path and stone wall
The thrill of it all;
The battles and the glory
Or the sadness of defeat
Sheltered in glens
Or icy winds on peaks;
It all comes back to me
Imploring my spirit, if it could
To refresh it's tired eyes
And surge time back in a flood

I stand as the evening gathers
On hills over which the light spills
A rainbow arcs in the distance
And caresses the Pentland Hills

Heaven's showers have fallen on grass
Which now lies bejewelled at my feet
And the sunlit hills set before me
Have made the day complete

No finer place can be imagined
As around me the sheep gently graze
The sun sinks slowly in the west
Gone, another of Pentland's days

Beloved Scotland
Where the mountain rivers gush and thrum with life
And the air is as clean as a knife
Where space is to be found away from the human race
Where life is lived at an easier pace

Beloved Scotland
Where I took my children to see the light
And although disinterested then
Have since proved me right
My love for Scotland showed them how
And they take their own little ones now

This is a kind of heaven
With cowslips in meadows lush
Where the willows gracefully hang
Over the swift rivers that gush;
Teeming with sweet energy
Where trout and salmon thrive
I didnt know this was in store for me
I am so happy to be alive!