the fallen

THE FALLEN

HE FELL FROM GLORY IN 2003
HOW MANY FELL BEFORE HIM?
SADDAM WAS THE NAME
KILLING WAS THE GAME
INNOCENT PEOPLE RIPPED FROM THEIR HOMES
RAPED AND PILIGED
PEOPLE SHOT FOR A GAME
HE WAS THE ONE TO BLAME
HE INVADED COUNTRIES FOR OIL
HIS SOLDIERS BLOOD DID BOIL
THIRSTY FOR LIFE
THROATS WITH A KNIFE
SLIT SLASH
ANOTHER ONE DOWN
FIGHTING THROUGH TOWN AFTER TOWN
NUKES AND BOMBS
WERE DROPPED ON THE VILLAGES
PEOPLE HELD THEIR NECKS AND FELL TO THE GROUND
WRITHING AND SHAKING AND CHOKING
TILL DEATH BECAME THEM
NOTHING GROWS THERE NO MORE
NUCLEAR GASES
TURNED LIFE INTO NOTHING
THE KURDISH WERE TORTURED
THEN SLAUGHTERED
SO MANY INNOCENTS
LAY SIDE BY SIDE
IN NEVER ENDING GRAVES
SO SADDAMS STATUE WAS RIPPED TO THE GROUND
THE INNOCENTS LIVE
SAFE AND SOUND

By JAMES MCATEAR