When I saw their faces
That’s when it hit home
The people who have died up here
In Scotland now my home
Till then it was only numbers
And numbers don’t impress
Not the way that faces do
Numbers we don’t care less
But faces speak for people
People we have lost
Smiling faces worn out faces
Faces none the less
And stories of the lives they lived
And whom they left behind
And faces always faces
Will help the world stay kind
For faces look for faces
Look into your soul
Looking for the good in you
Possible parole
We have depth and history
Hope for future too
I am looking for the soul in you
So that we can live we two
Brian Fahy
2 December 2021
Erris Poetry 