Sister Kate O'Hanlon

You never stopped or ran away from war
for you were solid and whole inside
born and bred in Belfast you knew
the place like the back of your hand
I was twenty back then and very scared
unable to cope with emotional trauma
of death and dying the blown apart
oh how I love listening to you talk
me thru that time that terrible time
Even now you rise above the sorrow
a professional nurse to the very end
with medals and awards you coped well
while I cringed in the corner crying
crying into the deep pain in my soul

Time and Memory

Life is a jigsaw puzzle God make up
We build the pieces one moment in time
They fit together when we locked them
in,all those fragments of memory fit
we are telling our stories forever
if it were that easy you say how
and then you say why was I there then
I was a nurse in Belfast in the seventies
I lived war one breath at a time horrific
but more I lived every war every death
forgiveness oh God forgive us our sins
all of them down thru time we were not nice
will we live peace now can we live peace now
the people are out sleeping in the cities
we go to the bank to renew a mortgage that
we have paid over and over and over how do
we become a pawn in their game I never thought
about it I never had to money is so abstract
you have it you don't have it and life is
really only about breathing and now paying
focus on love you say focus on giving now
money is evil or the love of money am I evil
I have no money I do not even know what it is
I know what hunger is and thirst and sorrow
each night I give thanks for a roof over me
but ARE THE ONES WITH THE STARS MORE FREE
I have walked on the edge of magic and seen
the beauty of the cosmic rays of delight
I have seen the evil of this world and want
only peace only love only forgiveness now
oh let the gig saw puzzle of the world be
in harmony we will not be dictated to now

Death of Andrew Scrutton

When I heard you were taken ill
I went to see you with a video
of information healing from a
Dr Huldga Clark and you were
kind enough to invite me in
to sit by the fire to listen
You told me about Alcan then
and I knew this coal mine was
creating a deep pain for you
Andrew underneath that aloof
english nature you were all
heart and soul beloved man
beloved gentle man you died
following the medical path
where they cut the tumor