'Not in our Name'

No, not in our name,

Written in the bones and flesh

The light of life and unity,

Extinguished forever

The script of possession,

Unfurled in hating hearts

To lay before the world,

For us

We who are the silent voices,

Will have our say

For the longing in our hearts,

To reach tomorrow a different way

We give you not,

Our sanction to sacrifice

The voiceless victims who cannot speak,

On the unforgiving war you wage

We speak for peace,

In every grief you make

We will unite in reconciliation,

Let justice be our name

©Mary Cecil