He was taken with others to Vizner by the foot of the Sierra Nevadas as dawn's lamp lit up the sky <br />They were seen to be different so for that they had to die <br />The loud echo of the Falangists guns shattered the peace and quiet <br />And the murdered were carried to a mass grave and buried out of sight. <br /> <br />One of them Federico Garcia Lorca was a Spanish literary great <br />And he like all of those who died with him deserved a better fate <br />The Poet Of The Gipsies a name he was known by <br />And he was not an aggressive person which prompts the question why <br /> <br />Were he and his fellow innocents seen as such a threat <br />That they were taken captive and without trial put to death <br />Their misfortune was to be different and some see that as a crime <br />And things are not any different now and have not changed in time. <br /> <br />Seen as a threat to Franco at least in Franco's eyes <br />Some so called revered leaders in truth are not so wise <br />Poor Lorca the poet was shot to death because he knew great fame <br />Some so called liberators for themselves want all of the acclaim <br /> <br />The National Bard of his Country his remains were never found <br />Though for him and those murdered with him people searched for miles around <br />Though they are not the only people for to die in such a way <br />Such things always have been happening and are still happening today. <br /> <br />Lorca The Poet Of The Gipsies a twentieth century literary great <br />You mention anyone by name and with them he can rate <br />Though he met with a foul end his literary works with us remain <br />And he will live forever in the hearts and minds of Spain.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/federico-garcia-lorca-1898-1936/
