Bobby Sands - The Rhythm of Time

The poetry of an Irish hero:

There's an inner thing in every man,
Do you know this thing my friend?
It has withstood the blows of a million years,
And will do so to the end.

It was born when time did not exist,
And it grew up out of life,
It cut down evil's strangling vines,
Like a slashing searing knife.

It lit fires when fires were not,
And burnt the mind of man,
Tempering leadened hearts to steel,
From the time that time began.

It wept by the waters of Babylon,
And when all men were a loss,
It screeched in writhing agony,
And it hung bleeding from the Cross.

It died in Rome by lion and sword,
And in defiant cruel array,
When the deathly word was 'Spartacus'
Along with Appian Way.

It marched with Wat the Tyler's poor,
And frightened lord and king,
And it was emblazoned in their deathly stare,
As e'er a living thing.

It smiled in holy innocence,
Before conquistadors of old,
So meek and tame and unaware,
Of the deathly power of gold.

It burst forth through pitiful Paris streets,
And stormed the old Bastille,
And marched upon the serpent's head,
And crushed it 'neath its heel.

It died in blood on Buffalo Plains,
And starved by moons of rain,
Its heart was buried in Wounded Knee,
But it will come to rise again.

It screamed aloud by Kerry lakes,
As it was knelt upon the ground,
And it died in great defiance,
As they coldly shot it down.

It is found in every light of hope,
It knows no bounds nor space
It has risen in red and black and white,
It is there in every race.

It lies in the hearts of heroes dead,
It screams in tyrants' eyes,
It has reached the peak of mountains high,
It comes searing 'cross the skies.

It lights the dark of this prison cell,
It thunders forth its might,
It is 'the undauntable thought', my friend,
That thought that says 'I'm right!'

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[dubllinlad]

None of u LOYALISTS/GRASSES/COCAINE ADDICTS would EVER be brave enough to do what our Hunger Strikers did for our Country Tiocfaidh Ar La!!!!!

[latchbandit]

IF YOU DONT LIKE THE VIDEO THEN DONT WATCH IT ITS THAT SIMPLE GET A LIFE I CANT FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES A PERSON JUST GO FROM ONE VIDEO ABOUT SOMETHING THEY DIAGREE WITH TO ANOTHER JUST TO TALK SHIT. FIND SOMETHING U LIKE AND WATCH THAT AND LEAVE THE  ADULTS ALONE CHILDISH PRICKS

[leninsnotdead]

@OSChrome Well done to IRA then!!! Freedom to Ireland! Bobby lives within our hearts! He lives as much as there are people who fight for their lives and their freedom!

"It lies in the hearts of heroes dead,

It screams in tyrants' eyes"

[OSChrome]

@DalleDayul You're 13 and you support the IRA? You don't know the half of it. The IRA murder more people than the British army.

[scottishlad1963]

@mrlaughter89 fuck booby sands murdering terrorist bastard

[damotioch]

@captaincommando2 , what happened to captain commando 1 - bet he got an o.b.e........... one behind the ear if ya dont know u nonce

[leninsnotdead]

Remember the price has been paid, do not allow it to be for nothing...

Our revenge will be the laugher of our children...

Revolution!

[damotioch]

@pe4cefrog and if ur comment is in regards to my swearing , see that it is aimed at ixsobakedx1 talking about burger king on a post like this , so i think thats the person without any braincells who post up to cause a reaction .

[damotioch]

@pe4cefrog , first learn to spell b4 trying to sound clever with your comments . i believe bobby was a brave man because he made the ultimate sacrifice in giving up his life to bring attention to the brutality that he and his comrades were suffering at the hands of the british prison system . t.a.l xxxxxxxx

[pe4cefrog]

@damotioch you really are braincccell deficit

[pe4cefrog]

bobby is still missed! very much so. 

[bunkesbarman]

R.I.P Bobby peace is now here you stood your ground for what you wanted ,