Scattered

We are scattered by
War and opportunity
Across the globe,
From Normandy
Clan Menzies and others
Striving to secure homes
And lives safe and secure
In the Highland glens spread
Across the Atlantic and
Appalachians westward,
Across half a world of water
To Australia’s coastal plains
To Flinders’ hills to the
Snowy Mountains,
And on all over
The world
Carrying
What
Joseph
Of Arimathea secretly
Brought from Jerusalem
To northern Britannia
Safe awhile from
The tyranny of
The current
Rome to
Nurture
Seed
And
Be
Carried
By the winds
Across the
Globe.