Old Photographs

[Pope of Eruke]

Forty years of murder.
Balaclavas and makrolon face-shields.
AK-47s and SLRs. Civil rights marches,
Orange parades and countless riots.
As I look through the photos I wonder
which side those mourners were on,
or whether or not those children grew
up to be huns or fenians.
Bloody Friday or Bloody Sunday,
bombed streets and barbed wire - For what?
Quis Seperabit and No Surrender
or else Brits Out and Tiocfaidh ár lá.
But in all the photos, either in colour
or black and white, whether
Orange or Green
it's always the same grim faces
and always Ulstermen.

[miyako73]

I like this. The language is not bloody and biting, yet it is an effective denunciation against war/conflict. Yes, so Irish and like a rant after a pitcher of Guinness.

[Pope of Eruke]

I like this. The language is not bloody and biting, yet it is an effective denunciation against war/conflict. Yes, so Irish and like a rant after a pitcher of Guinness.

Thanks for the comment mate.