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.
