Daniel Bernard Kelleher Poems

For those who dared to rebel
Many a tear has been shed
Executed behind prison walls
Our leaders long laid dead
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No one even bothered
No one even cared
No one saw the danger
No one even watched
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Today I gave my wife a single rose
To let her know how much I love her
She is forever there beside me
Loving me unconditionally
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2016 a centenary since rebellion
Celebrations well to the fore
Back then they knew the enemy
Now a new enemy from within
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My heart is heavy
As I walk the beach
See the sun setting
Water under my feet
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The political landscape is changing
Here in this small country of ours
The uprising won our freedom
Future governments sold it away
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Alone among the presents
Stood a broken hearted father
He faced a lonely Christmas
Trying to keep it all together
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Remembering the time
Of years gone by
Sitting at the table
Grace said before each meal
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Wrens boy's out and about
Knocking on the doors
Celebrating St.Stevens day
As in the days of yore
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Days are getting shorter
Winter is coming in
The coming of the thunder storms
The howling that is the wind
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