one century ago,
the 30s and 40s,
the world convulsed,
the odour of colonialism,
imperialism, fascism, nazism, genocide, ethnic cleansing,
hung in the air,
an ideology + one name:
nazism, hitler,
moved the world to pledge to us, the succeeding generations:
” N E V E R A G A I N ”
a hundred years on,
may our silence not condemn,
succeeding generations,
so may this name not be associated with these times:
Donald Trump
Alan Henning
(Rest in Peace)
A working – class man of conscience,
is dead.
Murdered by ISIS,
killed by hateful bigotry,
Alan Henning is dead.
Shame on you!
you who wield knives in the name of religion.
Shame on you!
you who take lives whilst chanting God’s name.
Shame on you!
you who rape,
pillage,
murder,
and murder.
Alan Henning is dead.
A working – class man,
a father,
a husband,
a friend,
a man of conscience.
Alan Henning is dead,
yes,
you killed him,
but,
but,
but,
you will not kill us all,
for we shall always,
always be,
many many more.
We SHALL always be many many more!
Rest in peace, Alan Henning
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