50 Years may of passed
For those who lived on
The nightmares still last
Friends and teachers gone
In their houses they were kept
To ease the pain of those who wept.
Grief is something we cannot span
Sending prayers to Aberfan.
You left this world, 50 years ago today
Holding hands you travelled together
144 souls lifted by the light
Looking down at those who continue to suffer
Your lights shine on, through darkness and pain
We’ll sing our hearts out for your pleasure
Not only today will we remember your goodbyes
You’ll stay in our hearts forever
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Written for the people of Aberfan
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Oct 21, 2016 @ 15:54:52
this is so sad –
Oct 21, 2016 @ 18:08:10
Heartbraking!
Oct 21, 2016 @ 17:38:24
Such a terrible tragedy, Willow.
I remember that day so well as we heard the news here in Ireland. It must be impossible for family, friends and the community to manage to bear it.
Oct 21, 2016 @ 18:07:50
It is so hard to take in …. reminiscent of the Pied piper of Hamblin. but so much worse.
Oct 21, 2016 @ 18:10:28
A worst nightmare ~ and real.
Oct 21, 2016 @ 18:12:25
Jean, we will never forget ! xxxx
Oct 21, 2016 @ 20:41:31
Sadly its one of those key points that one remembers, our head told us in assembly at school, I think what made it worse was that they were children and so seemed more real.
Oct 21, 2016 @ 22:04:29
Yes and to me at 13yrs I felt sad that they were younger than me too!
Oct 21, 2016 @ 22:13:16
I was 14
Oct 21, 2016 @ 22:22:11
And it made a deep impression on us both.
Oct 22, 2016 @ 06:59:27
Dear Willow. Thank you so much for sharing my tribute to those that lost their lives in Aberfan and for writing a very moving tribute.
Oct 22, 2016 @ 07:03:09
Such a sad anniversary, so many lost and sadly it could of been avoided.
Oct 22, 2016 @ 20:11:29
This was a beautiful tribute and poem from Hugh Willow.. ❤
Oct 22, 2016 @ 21:09:57
It was Hugh’s poem that inspired me!
Oct 23, 2016 @ 18:06:09
So sad. All those children and their teachers. 144 people. 116 kids from 7 to 10. So awful. How does a town survive something so ghastly? Some kids saved. Others gone. No justice to it. I’ve never seen coal tips on mountain tops in this country. A very good thing, too.
Oct 23, 2016 @ 18:58:36
It was a terrible tragedy , how did the town survive who knows sadly they just had to. xxxxx
Oct 24, 2016 @ 00:17:21
Amazing how many were saved, heroic efforts to dig out the survivors.
Oct 24, 2016 @ 07:31:26
I have no idea how many were saved but so many were lost. Those who survived still suffer from the memories. So sad.
Oct 24, 2016 @ 09:41:09
I believe they said 145 were saved. More than they lost.
Oct 24, 2016 @ 10:16:14
Only just, this worth reading .
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster
Oct 24, 2016 @ 11:58:39
Intense reading. It answers a lot of my questions. That was a tumultuous time period in history. Here we had racial wars, presidential assassinations and Washington DC was rioting.
Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:23:56
Yes it was a unsettling time in history. The trouble is I look at the world today and it is even more unsettled. There is not a country in the world that is not at war or suffering Political problems. It is sad world. xxc
Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:36:41
Yes, we do seem unable to make lasting decisions for the greater good. We have to constantly defend common sense and equality.
Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:39:46
I do despair I just hope we can all keep doing out little bit.As the saying goes ‘ All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing. ‘
Oct 24, 2016 @ 16:56:51
In my case, I need to vote. Soon. And keep writing. You, too. XOXO
Oct 24, 2016 @ 17:17:36
🙂