we came from near we came from far to trust the truth to duel and spar to stand upon the hill of scarves to nurture all that darkness starves
"what then? cried Shankly's ghost.. what then?"
we lost our souls all ninety six and wrote their names upon the bricks and lit a flame on every shirt so justice knew their family's hurt and sang "you'll never walk alone" through Madrid Squares and dusty Rome
what then?.. cried the the thief of time, what then..?
we woke to greet the phantom dawns as passion fought the corporate pawns to bleed away and leverage hope to bitter end we burned the rope and rose again as europe fell to the hoards of light of brave redmen
what then? cried Shankly's ghost.. what then?
the world fell in to viral rage that stopped the streets so fell the blade and took the dream and ran away and stole each light each smiling ray but nonetheless the truth did out as scousers smiled from every mouth
thirty years since tropy shown its true.. "you'll never walk alone"
Hi, yatchsman_7, Congratulations to The Red on their Premier League championship and to the poet for capturing it so well! Though emotions mix bittersweet with memories of the Hillsborough losses in the stadium in ‘89, scousers and readers cannot help but smile when reading your very poignant poem that honours Shankly, those 96 souls, and celebrates victory over virus and time. The poet adroitly weaves history into verse. Thank you for sharing.
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Congratulations to The Red on their Premier League championship and to the poet for capturing it so well! Though emotions mix bittersweet with memories of the Hillsborough losses in the stadium in ‘89, scousers and readers cannot help but smile when reading your very poignant poem that honours Shankly, those 96 souls, and celebrates victory over virus and time. The poet adroitly weaves history into verse. Thank you for sharing.
Rob