THE MARCH

I felt the road before my feet, dance

throbbing like a heart

at the Springfield corner

mixed with colours and banners and people

and thoughts of today recalling yesterday

forty-four years of memories to be exact!

the march began after the piper played

the national anthem 

no more delays

as we marched ahead, proud and unbowed

looking for those we knew in the crowd

and missing those who now wore a shroud!

the road danced heavier and louder and prouder

i didn’t cry when passing by their images

twenty-two i counted

worn on lamp posts along the way

that will be removed after today

but in our hearts, their names forever remain:

Thomas Ash, Terrence Mc Swiney, Michael Fitzgerald, Joseph

Murphy, Joseph Witty, Danny Barry, Andy O’ Sullivan,

 Tony D’Arcy, Jack Mc Neela, Sean Mc Caughey, Michael

Gaughan, Frank Stagg, Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes,

Raymond Mc Creesh, Patsy O’Hara, Joe Mc Donnell, Martin

Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty, Tom Mc Ilwee,

Michael Devine.