A cross put on a paper

Seems simple in a way

Amazing, then, that this small act

Empowers each to have a say

The outcome isn’t as I’d hoped for

I’m quite worried by the result

But I can accept the majority view

That’s what it means to be adult

Some people see it differently

Wanting to impose a new regime

Cars, bombs and knives as weapons

Murdering to achieve their dream

Let them not take away our rights

Hold our laws and freedoms dear

They must not win by violence

We will not live in fear

If society is built on values

With some common moral code

Life and liberty are the bedrock

And democracy the road