16 June 2016 saw a horrific attack
on a mother, a wife, a daughter, a person
That resonated through British media
The news seeping into the hearts of the nation
She was defenceless in the face of blind patriotism
Blind to the meaning of the mourners who would come after
Their suits, the hijabs, and turbans
The posters wrapped in plastic
The black felt tip words scrawled on them:
“Far More Unites Us Than Divides Us”
His was the fear of the unknown
The eagerness to ‘take our country back’
But now it’s on him that his country has turned its back