The Tuam Tomb

The Catholic Church buries its little secrets

Father, they have found our tomb in Tuam!

Whatever are we going to do? 

I'll tell you what we are going to do,

we are going to claim it is fake news! 

For the only truth is the one we choose.

We are the church and we hold the power,

so let the heathens whine and lour.

We are the ones with the Lord on our side.

We are the ones who caused the politicians to hide.

The public's outrage will rot and rust, 

it will blow away like a pile of dust.

They will all forget and soon not care.
Then they'll head back to church to say a prayer.

Author's Note

This is about the Mother and Baby home ran in Tuam, Ireland and across the country. If you don't know about them then please do some quick research before reading this.

Definitely less light-hearted than my other stuff but this scandal has angered me deeply.

Reviews

[Taino]

Extremely profound and full of truth. Your passion shows itself in each line. Very powerful.

[Andy Leavy]

Thank you. I felt extremely passionate about this story.

[SleeplessVolcano]

Yes, it is horrifying when those claiming to represent God is guilty of the worst kinds of wrong-doing....

Touching piece.

[Andy Leavy]

Exactly. They never practice as they preach. I'm glad you liked it.