Poet Lilian’s defiant message to the town
Lilian Goulding, from Standish, has seen the country endure dark times before and is certain Brits will come through the adversity of the Covid-19 crisis.
The 91-year-old put her confidence into writing, with a poem called A No Win, which metaphorically speaks directly to the virus itself with a message of
resolve.
Lilian said: “We are fighting back.
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Hide Ad“We are going to win, because we did these things in the wars.
“I was alive to see what we did then, and I still have a ration book!
“If we don’t behave ourselves, we might need them again!”
She added: “[The poem] is telling the bug that we won’t stand for this.”
A No Win
Do you think that you will win the war you have dragged us in?
Invisible coward, a disgrace
Come on, man up and show your face
You know you are doing wrong
So go get back to where you belong
We have faced much worse than you
Not long ago in World War Two
And also faced it now long gone
In the famous World War One
When Brits are backed up to the wall
It is certain that you’re going to fall
So enemy, do not estimate
That this is not gonna be your fate
So listen up, you wanna bet?
Because you ain’t seen nothing yet