Never again we often say
But it’s a fond wish sadly
The power of evil is very strong
Once in our heart it won’t take long
For things to turn out badly
Peter Tobin same age as me
A long life of disaster
Troubled child is said of him
What does that mean
What happened him?
To make him evil’s master
We read the horrors of his life
The girls attacked and killed
Every step along that road
Takes us further from our abode
Love is replaced by thrill
And women it is who pay the price
Victims of male pride
The Taliban hide them away
In the west we want them to make our day
Time to hear the woman’s side
We need to change we really do
If more are not to die
We need to see the wrong we do
The way that I now look at you
We should see eye to eye
Brian Fahy
16 January 2022
Erris Poetry 