POEMS

INJUSTICE

 

How cruel and unfair this life can be

When an injustice exists that a whole world can see

Leaving an innocent man serving prison time

When he had no knowledge of the heinous crime

So now is the time for the many powers that be

To do all they can to set Michael Shields free

His brave family has fought valiantly to bring Michael home

And there in everyone’s thoughts and are never alone

Now all efforts must be redoubled without hesitancy or pause

To bring there son safely home to Liverpool’s welcoming shores 

By

 John Wall

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Don't Quit

 

When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile but you have to sigh,

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

 

Life is hard with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won had he stuck it out.

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,

You might succeed with another blow.

 

Often the goal is nearer than it seems to a faint and faltering man.

Often the struggler has given up,

When he might have captured the victor’s cup.

And he learned to late when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

 

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems so far.

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,

It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

 

Kevin Stevenson.

 

 

An Innocent Lad

 

Have you ever woken from a terrible dream?
And you lay there playing it scene by scene
And you not quite sure how you feel
You’re just relieved that it wasn’t real.

But if that nightmare didn’t end
And you woke up somewhere without a friend
And your Dream became a living hell
In a squalid Bulgarian prison cell.

The trip of a life time it should have been
To see his beloved football team
But Istanbul and all it’s glory
Was soon to tell a different story.

Where the Black Sea meets the land
A cruel fate would play its hand
Take from his hotel room
Into a world of total gloom.

Arrested, stripped then detained
Manacled with locks and chains
Accused of being in a fight
Which happened as he slept at night.

Attempted murder is the charge
Though the culprits still at large
Witnesses don’t seem to matter
Leaving a family totally shattered.

Third world country – Third world laws
Where corruption opens doors
The Riviera of the east
Where human rights are being breached

Try and imagine that ordeal
A tragic nightmare played for real
Just stop and think how you’d feel
Then Spare a thought for Michael Shields.

His destiny is still unknown
But we won’t let him walk alone
We’ll fight an upturn every stone
Until This Innocent lad’s back home.

Dave Kirby