You Never Cared For Me

You Never Cared For Me You never cared for me I was not your son , We did not embrace Each or either one . Your religion a mockery With iron fist you ruled, Like lambs to the slaughter, Centuries to be undone. You did not care for me I was never your concern A divorced catholic mother A protestant English father, You preyed upon the weak, Drink and deceit your lover, My only crime was that I was born outside these shores. You did not care for me , I was a blow in not one of you , A reminder of your past An unwelcome guest, An outcast at eight, Guilty of being born You sleep with hypocrisy, In waiting , judgement day. You did not care for me A limey pawn, a statistic On your census. On parchment written Like Fenians centuries before Without free will To Hell or Connaught go. I chose freedom over Hell, Left alone with my bitter pill. You did not care for me , Like a mother would , Your arms never reached The places that they ought Or watched over me when I needed your love. My home was never you . And now you've gone Neither of us has either ONE.