The past is a glacier that grips the mountain wall
And history is formed in our hands.
The bars in this prison do not concern me
I look out from the window and what do I see.
Invisible tears for all the years lost in a frozen sea.
Words in turmoil dance in my mind.
The darkness of El Hecho
And the hopes of Long Kesh
Now I am unable to touch.
Jul 3, 2017
Jul 3, 2017 at 7:12 AM UTC
The past is a glacier that grips the mountain wall
And history is formed in our hands.
The bars in this prison do not concern me
I look out from the window and what do I see.
Invisible tears for all the years lost in a frozen sea.
Words in turmoil dance in my mind.
The darkness of El Hecho
And the hopes of Long Kesh
Now I am unable to touch.
El Hecho’ was a concentration camp that was created by Francisco Franco on July 20 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. It was located in the castle of El Hecho in Ceuta in Spain. ‘ Long Kesh’ (known colloquially as the Maze Prison, The Maze, the H Blocks) was was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000.