Port Arthur Massacre (Sunday 28th April)

#1 Port Arthur Massacre (Sunday 28th April) Collaboration ThunderStorm and TeAnne © Oct. 1998.

The day dawned like any other on the peaceful Tasmanian Isle
People woke in different moods, for some a day of toil
While for others a day of rest, on their face's a smile
No one could have imagined the horror, about to spoil

Bustling in the streets, as tourists ambled through Port Arthur
Admiring the beauty of the Apple Isle's terrain
Stopping off for morning teas, or a day of praise and worship
Then pandemonium erupted, tranquillity was slain

The madman dispersed his deadly venom, coldly he took aim
Hostility in his veins, he fired randomly with ease
Heedless of their injuries, he lined up his next victim
This cold-blooded killer caused chaos with each trigger squeeze

Oblivious to cries of pain, relentlessly he shot them
As life ebbed he cared not for the unfolding tragedy
This lunatic continued with his cold-hearted massacre
He played a game called god whilst the innocent lay bloody

Mothers, lovers, he cared not for these families ripped apart
A nightmare so gruesome, innocent children their lives cut down
What possessed this man, on Sunday April twenty-eight
Never to be forgotten, the slaughter of a peaceful town

Likewise the helicopters who carried the victims away
He shrewdly shot at to add to his horrendous crime
Worldwide the news of his murderous spree was relayed
The world caught up in horrified awe of this shattering time

Despite hostages, the police did finally apprehend
More than forty lay dead from the insanity in his head
This carnage should never have been allowed to happen
Blatant disregard for lives had lent him in his stead

Incarcerated for lives taken, he lives freely in his cell
At the Governors pleasure and the tax-payers expense
Where's the justice quoted in the bible "an eye for an eye"
Public outrage as through the Courts he holds appeals forth hence

So many families will forever be marred by this man
The answers to this day are still not at all clear
A peaceful island shattered by the loss of those held dear
Gun laws passed too late for this un-forgotten year

The Port Arthur Massacre (Sunday 28th April) R.I.P

#2 The Port Arthur Massacre (No 2) (Sunday 28th April 1996) ~ The sun shone brightly, in a cloudless sky In Port Arthur, where forty victims would die As he took aim unknowing victims did fall No remorse did he show for this atrocity, recalled ~ A slayer of children, Dads and Mums He shot them down, one by one A siege more shocking, than we'd ever seen In a restaurant, he held this hostages’ scene ~ An un- necessary loss of human lives The world watched, as the innocent died. On this Sunday, a day normally for worship Our hearts went out to this little township ~ This killer now lives at the tax payers expense And claiming aid for his legal defence Appealing the courts to try to get free Where is the justice, for this killing spree ~ Gun laws, now the governments’ have past Harsher restrictions are needed to expel this farce May the families left broken, find relief For victims of Port Arthur, Rest In Peace. ~ TeAnne © Oct. 11. 1998