Tribute to Siobhan

Summer, 2016

If I could sum you up

And the way you lived your life

It would be these three words:

Beautiful, defiant and fierce.

Beautiful, like a burst of colour

Breaking out in blues and pinks

And showers of yellow and orange.

Rainbowing desolate places and people.

The rarest of butterflies.

Defiant in faith and conviction.

Not bending or cow-towing.

Knowing the rules well enough to break them

When they were weighted the wrong side

Of truth and justice.

Fierce in your love for the poor.

In solidarity, suffering betrayals, trauma, broken health.

Relentlessly hoping for a better world.

Your legacy of love now tattooed the world over,

Boldly and brilliantly.