The sky was black with grief & anger, <br />The rain, it fell with the strength of steel, <br />Ireland wept for a fallen son <br />As his soul & spirit was delivered to freedom. <br /> <br />The legends of Ireland mourned as one <br />As the strength was taken from Bobby Sands, <br />Cuchulainn's spirit awoke the fighting souls <br />Who saw a hero perish within a British jail. <br /> <br />The ghost of Ireland’s heroes <br />they walk again once more, <br />the battlecry has been raised <br />to rid the British from Ireland’s shores. <br /> <br />Freedom's bird hid within her nest <br />As Bobby Sands was laid to rest, <br />Within the midnight sky, among the brightest stars, <br />His words are forever echoed, Tiocfaidh Ar La.<br /><br />Daniel McDonagh<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bobby-sands-h-block-martyr/
