England Poem by Joe Hughes

A land of opportunity
To make the spirits soar.
The oppressor, the subjugator
With a fearsome lion's roar!

The world's completely covered
In massacres, yes wars
Where England has been busy
Putting natives to the sword.

My homeland's a good example.
There the facts you can examine
Where millions starved, yes died
In the notorious Irish Famine.

Then there is the other side
Of science, travel, opportunity.
The broadest spread of races
Where religions are so free.

England - a land of contradictions
Where village church bells still ring.
A multiethnic, diverse society
Where world power's no longer king!