AIDAN

Always in our hearts he’ll live A light that can’t be dimmed A lad who lived for life and fun So many now miss him In our thoughts his family lives We send you all our best We pray that all our wishes Help you lay your boy to rest Duty, honour comradeship Just some of...

ITS CHRISTMAS DAY ALL IS SECURE

IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS HE LIVED ALL ALONE IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE I LOOKED ALL ABOUT A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE NO TINSEL NO PRESENTS NOT...

Ode to the Wall of my Cell at Highbury Court

A Borstal Boy came home one day And found his true love had run away And when he asked the reason why With these words she did reply “If you had chosen an honest life Then I would gladly be your Wife But as you chose a life of Crime Go, Borstal Boy and do your time”...

True Heroism

Let others tell of battles fought On bloody, ghastly fields, Where honour greets the man who wins And death the man who yields; But I will speak of him who fights And vanquishes his sins, Who struggles on through weary years Against himself and wins. He is a hero,...

Don’t say goodbye.

All it takes is a passing Shadow As a cloud moves across the Sun To remind us that yesterday has gone And a new day has begun For although the Blossoms may tumble And leaves scatter in the breeze What will never ever fade Are the precious Memories We think about what...