I wrote this poem just after the New Cross Fire back in 1982. I recently recorded it and set it to a backing track.
Here is the poem:-
STOLEN LIGHTNING.
The flashes stolen
From the god of war
Parading on the streets
Just like before
Borrowed symbols
Turn the runes around
Dream wings are melting
Crashing to the ground
Children screaming,
Can’t you feel the parents loss?
A Nazi is hiding
Behind the broken cross
Stolen Lightning
Flashing round your head
Stolen Lightning
Illuminates the dead
Stolen Lightning
Eagles fly again
Stolen Lightning
From so-called “supermen”
Harry Rogers 18th February 1982
