For The Tuam Babies

For The Tuam Babies

Nameless in life

we died without names

because without a name

we couldn’t live

& without a life

we couldn’t die

& if we didn’t die

we weren’t killed

& if we weren’t killed

no-one killed us

& if no-one killed us

there are no killers

& if there are no killers

then no-one can lie

about the lives we didn’t live

& the deaths we didn’t die.