The Dirlot Angel
I travelled
far North
to finally meet
you.
Quietly to share
my beautiful
misunderstood sister.
She once dazzled
as did you.
Today, lichen
of Caithness,
light-radiant lichen,
gathers on you like Time,
adding to your beauty.
There is something more,
to being an
Angel.
The Dirlot Angel: Maggie Milne Bruce, 1865-1885:
The Peppermint Tea Chronicles, by Alexander MCcall Smith:
