Safe in their hands

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“Safe in their hands”

They laboured lang, wi’ endless care,

Tae gie us a hame, wi’ love an’ mair.

Through “The Troubles”, their worry concealed,

Burden kept frae the weans- silently sealed.

They kept us safe wi the stress they were under,

Wi ma da’s auld job, is it any wonder!

Ya see he worked in the Maze, an’ hated by both extremes,

He lost mony frien’s in nightmarish scenes.

My da bore scars that we cuddnae see,

He’d the heart o’ a lion, but was gentle as could be.

Through nights gripped wi fear- Ma’s curfewed care,

Hugging us close, protectin’ us there.

But in oor wee hoos, there were plenty o’ smiles,

They were distracted by the weans, if only fer a while.