My Homeland By Mai Venn Poem by Mai Murphy Venn

My Homeland by Mai Venn

A 'republic' country we are supposed to be,
From all around as far as the eye can see,
A state where we struggle for our liberty,
Yearning good democracy, for you and for me!

What did we get? A bit of this and bit of that,
In our realm where the best of our scholars sat,
Where we battled for our faith and for our land,
Now look to Dublin and see who is in command!

God Help us all, for we are doomed to fall
Under the Austerity Lord and all his cronies,
Ireland, my lovely Ireland, my heart it breaks
To see them now in power; they are but phonies.

The flag of freedom drapes the homeless at night,
The flag of justice got lost and is out of sight,
The flag of honesty now hangs in dire shame,
The flag of accountability now joins this game!

game!

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