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What Once Was : Narrative Poetry

written by Poet : Paul McCann


 

'T was twenty years ago,
when life was slow and easy in Belfast -
before the barricades were built.
Along the way our doors shut out love -
and now we've all become locked in a fight!
Too much blood was spilt!
We crawl like cripples through troubled walls of fear,
plucking lives from the rubble and some love from the fear.
Life's a nightmare on these streets
but we've built our hopes together
through the echoes that once were here dear.

©Copyright 1989 by Paul F. McCann

Originally Posted On Site: 2008-05-28 08:09:03
Last Login: 11.23.08


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