Paisley Witches, RIP

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They've put a horseshoe in the ground
At the heart of  Paisley's Maxwell town
They say that it will keep us safe
That the tortured souls will be kept at bay

Tormented in their final moments
At a time when common lacked any sense of knowing
Those in power had decreed
 That consorting with Satan
Was a sinful folly

On the say of a very small girl
A band of locals
Lost their all

What hideous mind decided that
Anyone
Cursed by deceit
Faithful to witchcraft
Don't talk pish

Its strange how the beliefs of some folks is formed
Through time and in future
The end surely comes
Heracy rules by the acceptance of culture's
Evolving too slowly to keep up with time


Rest easy Witches and continue to sleep
The world has been turning around for so long 
Who decides whats right or wrong
Who can tell us that our ideas are false
who can prove in the existence of god
Or in him cast out by the fiery wrath

Believe in something real and honest
The science of chance is a real promise
We are here on earth alive
Time have changed for the better
But we still must care for all about us
The feeling now, or all I can gather
Is that the townsfolk wish thee empathic conditions
Injustice has sullied what should have been right
They gave you no chances to offer a fight

Strangled from life by snakes who would have them
Thinking themselves to be loyal and faithful
Inconceivably blighted by lord god almighty
Choking and gasping moves on towards silence.

Try to imagine
As I cannot
A host that had gathered to witness the carnage
We can't ever understand
What fear they felt
Or the hopelessness in them
That erupted in yells

A lesson learnt is knowledge gained
But what have we been taught
About our histories forming
Ideas may come in flames of fury
Civilised cultures jack boots storming
Religious intent mostly forced from their logic

AGL

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