One May Morning

One May Morning

By Paul McCann

One morning in May I heard someone say

There’s been an agreement , it’s time to relent

and on the TV it was good to see

car horns bumping and some people jumping

for joy at last for the troubles had passed..

In the blue sky doves were set free to fly

High above the clouds and all of the crowds .

Over Ardoyne’s streets where the Shankill meets

The Falls Road , there were songs of peace that flowed

and little doves sang as  the church bells rang

and echoes of words were shared by birds

and the flowers grew and the people knew

there was a future there for us  to share.

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