A Manchester Poem for Saffi-Rose by Lydia

SHE WAS NOT MEANT TO DIE

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Shout it from the rooftops
Write it on the sky
She was 8 years old
She wasn’t meant to die

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Playing as a child would
Because she was a child
Future out before her
Small and sweet and mild

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Shout it from the rooftops
Write it on the sky
She was 8 years old
She wasn’t meant to die

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Going out one night
To watch her favourite singer
Dancing, singing, happy
A baby blooming beginner

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Shout it from the rooftops
Write it on the sky
She was 8 years old
She wasn’t meant to die

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Broken into pieces
From her family she was taken
Hearts break across the world
Everyone so badly shaken

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Shout it from the rooftops
Write it on the sky
Her name was Saffie-Rose Roussos
She wasn’t meant to die

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Poem by Lydia Bernsmeier-Rullow

Poet in Residence

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