The Truth Poem by Daniel McCann

The truth, it comes through
as the sun shines through the blinds
to the darker days my mind rewinds
to see the pain and misery of how this place used to be
I look up to the cross on the wall and thank God I'm free
say I'm a catholic but still I question my belief
cause I knew a man of charity who became a thief
they say...
'times a great healer and you can turn over a new leaf'
but I can still see the scars on the heart of his mothers grief.

You say you know the road? I tell you, you don't know the street
your not knowing what its like so your in the lane, you hide
from a central fight with the broken homes on either side
'he was in the thick of it'. It was so stupid. He died.
And she committed suicide, and we say...
'if only we knew how she felt...
if only we could have gave her; our help'.
We're invading strangers when we're at war with ourself,
while we confuse the difference with a rich man and a rich man with wealth.

You look at someone elses position
and decide that if you were on their mission, you would do better
I would hate to be the one who writes about a fallen soldier
I wouldn't know how to word it to a mother
I would hate to ever have to send that letter.

Peoples circumstances can become so bad that they have to steal
but heres my argument...
there is millions of tax fraud in parliament
and still you would have to rob a bank with a gun and a clan for it to be real
its alright saying we would do it different but we don't how other people feel.

We can all vote for the promises that are made
but are the political partys going to party, or actually aid?
we're all the same,
but do rich and poor actually make the sanctions?
Its two sided even though we live in homes and they live in mansions
the BBC shows us mud huts
the sharpest knife isn't a blade, its when the love cuts.

The world was once together until we came and claimed different lands
I see rappers who rap about society, like no one understands
they say...
'they don't understand any more'
but we've always understood and we'll always understand
but we all, we just choose to ignore, the truth.