Grenfell Fire

Concerning the fire in London just over a year ago

Grenfell Fire

( A Year On 6/6/2018)

now

tired journeying...

a long way...seeking

peace...wanting

justice...

too much whitewash

covers sinister walls

of social infamy...

grenfell is

a charred building

safety is a child

lost...vulnerable

who screams

“why would they never listen?”

today...

in london

scene of much

chequered history

remembering

loved ones...taken

beyond pain...

safe now...

memory...insistent

as a blackbird

heralding

coming night

now...

a deeper darkness...

those who were told

did nothing...

they walked

by on the other side...

they did

nothing...

grenfell person

like an infant lost

among frail

winter trees...

lack of authentic

listening...

deafness of authority

that will not hear...

now...

those we no longer

see stand in

our remembrance

here from

another reality...

here

is righteous anger

we

will

not forget...

George Coombs

Author's Note

Please read carefully

Reviews

[Onlyme]

The tragic loss of life, and like you said who is to blame? Grenfell will never be forgotten or the people who lost their lives.

[George Coombs]

Thankyou Dawn.

[Chris Shaw]

Grenfall will remain a stain, but who is to blame? Tragic loss of life, tragic circumstances and probably the fault lies in more than one domain. Well written George. I will never forget what I witnessed live on tv that day.

Chris