Nobby

Oh Nobby I am so sorry

That you were born to be a boy

To be toughened up

For my parents to destroy

 

Punch after punch Blow after blow

From a boxer in the army

Daddy beat you up

Into an emotional Tsunami



So when you grew up

You flipped your wig

Beating up everyone

You felt really big

 

Your wife and three daughters

Had to go into hiding

Yet her dad was the only one

She could confide in

 

Bashing on his door

Shouting “where’s my fu*king wife"

Threatening the old man

With a petrol chainsaw knife

 

 
Smashing up his van

By ramming yours into his

Terrifying the neighbours

And your own kids

 

The hatred that was in you

Wouldn’t allow you any peace

Until your father-in-law

Lifted the shotgun

And the double barrel he released



He blew away your head

While you were rolling a cigarette

Outside a London police station

Without a single regret

 

He received two years sentence

Cus he was provoked beyond all doubt

I visited him in prison

With cigarette papers and some snout

 

I just wanted to hear his story

Letting him know I bare no grudge

To bring him my forgiveness

As God is the only judge

 

He may have pulled the trigger

Of that double barrelled gun

Yet who loaded the ammunition?

Yes my dad and my mum
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Posted: Jun 2022
About this poem:
This is a true account of my brother's homicide in 1990
I have performed this poem for performance poetry
In Donegal, Tyrone and Fermanagh and it has touched many peoples hearts.

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Comments (2)

EXRED3
Oh My goodness that did touch my heart indeed

The poem is brilliantly written and your memories so clear.

So sad so very sad sad flower
morgen90210
its so sadded that a soul is destroyed
precious but thorn to shreds by the actions of the past
how many Nobby are out there
going thru the same motions in time

thank you for sharing this moving piece ,
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