Fake News is told on Easter Day
Two stories from the tomb break out that day
The women with their spices meet the Lord
The soldiers in confusion spike the word
The Lord appears the women cry for joy
Go tell my brothers – the word they must employ
But soldiers meanwhile fearing dereliction
Report their story and soon it is a fiction
My life too can carry two such stories
One true one false it depends on chosen glories
Live my life in service of the Master
Or follow self and find my own disaster
The world needs words of life in every corner
The deeds of death are swirling ever nearer
Let my life speak Gospel to my neighbour
Let this word of life be all my labour
Be prepared to face the day of sorrow
But live in joy for yes there is tomorrow
And Christ who died now shows us how to live
I vow myself to him and all I give
Brian Fahy
18 April 2022
Erris Poetry 