Thursday 28 April 2016

For the 96



For the 96

There you are in your big shiny coat
Buttoned up and blue,
Your smile wider than it needs to be,
Your eyes twinkling far too brightly
And we don’t believe anymore. 

The dreams have shattered on the large wooden floors
In the tweets and posts you never dreamt of.

For 27 years, Liverpool sought some answers for its dead
But not forgotten in song. 
And they sang of the 96 -
Justice for the 96.

Who lost their lives one Saturday
Football game
When pitches became a burial ground
And faces stood in shock for -
The lost 96.

The lies that were spun
Left webs of deceit.
We knew them all -
We were too scared to believe
At all.

And the voices all rang strong and true -
For the 96.
Some Irish voices too.

You will never walk alone the voices sang
For justice and for truth -
As long as you walk
With hope in your heart.

For the 96 -
Never forgotten.