‘A border is just a line on a map,’ says John Hume’s son Aidan in poignant poem

ONE of John Hume’s sons, Aidan Hume, could not attend the funeral as he lives in Boston with his wife and children and could not travel due to COVID-19 quarantine rules.

However, Aiden composed a poem in tribute to his father, which was read out at the Mass by his sister Mo.

Part of it reads as follows:

“You made us realise a border is just a line on a map

“It’s in our hearts and minds where we need to bridge the gap

“Through over 30 years of violence; hurt and unrelenting stress

“Those underlying conditions you never stopped trying to address

“Difference is but the accident of birth

“And everyone has the right to the same self-worth

“Patriotism is the spilling of sweat, not blood

“The glory of the gun is a myth that is truly a dud.”

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