The DUP says ‘no’
Never never never
It comes as no surprise
That’s them ever ever
And fair enough I have to say
True to themselves they are
They cannot contemplate the green
That a step too far
Plantation was an imposition
A ruse that led to war
But once imposed and taken root
Won’t go back in the jar
It’s taken time and taken years
And both sides have to change
And younger folk will come along
The world to rearrange
United Ireland cannot be
A mixture of the old
The new must come and learn to be
A family in one fold
Away with catholic Ireland
Away with protestant too
An ecumenical future
I’ll pray that to be true
Brian Fahy
20 March 2023
+ The Civil War in Ireland was a heart-breaking thing. Brutal too. We long for things that cannot so easily be. We cannot impose our way of seeing things on everyone else.
Erris Poetry 