Violence

Violence, Violence everywhere, it's all there ever is
It's awful to hear, awful to see, awful to even think about
Thought it was all over, thought it was all gone
Thought this was the beginning of peace and the end of violence
But we were wrong, because this comes along
And shatters everyone's dreams
Of living in a country of peace and harmony
Innocent people leading innocent lives were taken from this world
Since I was a kid I've been surrounded in violence
People being shot beside me, bombs going off around me
The noises are deafening with:
People screaming for help, sirens blasting and guns shooting
Two years ago we had peace but that didn't last very long,
Because it ended yet again in violence
We ask for peace, we ask for harmony,
We ask for love between the two sides;
Catholic and Protestant


Joanne Kennedy August 1998