The willow tree (Manchester)

Bow your head for those we've lost 
To the sounds of the last post
Earth's children suffer fate's call 
For whom the bells now toll
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Walk in meadows holding hands 
Across these burnt forsaken lands 
Taken in to the fires of hell
For whom the bells now toll
~ 
Reach for friends in this hard time 
Humanity in an unholy crime 
Days dark in front of this devil

For whom these bells now toll 
~ 
The empty field; in shallow water
These broken lives, son and daughter 
Trees in winter's icy chill 

For whom these bells now toll

~ 
Violent violent world 
Killing child, child child 
Listening to the school bell
For whom? 
~ 
Silence in the empty yard yearn 
For our child who does not return 
Gone; our sons and daughters to 
....the weeping willows call 
For whom the bells now toll 
~ 
Nails in faces; 
Yet our soul and spirit shall 
NOT EVER BE TAKEN 
As the weeping willows call 
~ 
For whom the bells now toll 
In honour of the victims of terror 
Manchester 2017