Mr. Warr has big feet. He came and stomped all over my street. That's the place my house used to be Now it's rubble for all to see. In the garden where flowers were laid We dare not walk for mines and grenades. There's nothing here No more to see No trace of family, friends and me. But one day we will all come back When the mines are clear we can begin to unpack. Rebuild this place that once held joy And I have stories to tell my boy About the people, places and things around here About the times that held no fear. I'll show him the place his dad drank beer And other such landmarks here like the place where my kids were christened in preparation for life And the other where their dad took me for a wife. This is a place with history here, memories past and present of all I hold dear.
This was inspired by the bombing raids of the second world war but seems to me to be relevant today.