Queen Elizabeth’s wearing of green during historic Irish handshake

Historic There are moments in time, that make you pause and look, That you know instinctively, are destined for the history book, That lightening flash insight, that you know the past is past, A new dawning, a bright new day, a new die has been cast, There comes a time when sheer insanity, gives way to common sense, When both sides see eye to eye, and reach across the fence, No talk of starvation or internment, or of explosions or random assassination, Just hopeful feelings of goodwill, just an air of conciliation, Between the once mighty British Empire and the determined Irish nation, The men in the line, were descended from the men of 1916, And the Queen greeted each man warmly, and the Queen wore Green. ©JerryO’Neill July 5, 2012