A TRILOGY FOR MANCHESTER // PART I
the cowardly bullet
rips through flesh &
bone as if it were
nothing.
shrapnel is not
drawn more to atheist blood
than muslim,
the christian soul is no
more protected from its
deadly slice than a jew's.
our skin is no armour.
regardless of it's darkness
or it's light
it is paper crumpled by steel.
an enemy shared as good a reason
as any to love,
to stop
& stand together
against the hands that wield that hateful sword.
x x x
a/n - in the wake of the events in manchester yesterday i have been inspired to write. these three poems are not only to do with the events here in the uk but terrorism in general, hate, equality, standing together & those events that the media have left behind. my heart is with everyone - no matter their nationality, ethnicity, religion or sexuality - who is affected by hateful & unjustified acts of violence, no matter where they occur around the world.
