On This Day of Remembrance

[hawky94]

Hi All!

I realise, yes, it is not Remembrance Day - but this is one I wrote last year for a Remembrance Day ceremony at my school. Hope you all enjoy

On this Day of Remembrance

On this Day of Remembrance

I thank you brave soldier, for dying for me,
On this day of remembrance I light candles for thee,
I'll never be able to thank you enough,
For standing and fighting, when the going got tough,

I thank you brave soldier, by my actions today,
As I remember the men, who died in that bay,
As I stand in these fields, midst a sea of the crosses,
These symbols of death, remind me of the losses,

Was the huge loss of life, a price too high?,
For the freedom of our nation, many did die.
I could not imagine, the hell you went through,
The bombs and the bullets, the hope you clung to,

A hope that when it was over, you'd still be alive,
A hope that one day, you'd be twenty-five,
Being just seventeen, didn't make you immune,
A travesty it is, that you were taken so soon,

Your memory is never forgotten, it stands the test of time,
The memory of you as you were in your prime,
November the 11th, 1918, rest in peace, my friend.

 

[BritinBritain]

Again Hawky, Brilliant. Well done.

 

[hawky94]

Thanks. I really want to get a writing forum going on here!

 

[42RM]

ray:

:bravo:
You have the gift, my friend.

 

[hawky94]

You too, my friend. The gift of wanting others to live in the peace that you have found. The same gift that is possessed by every soldier, the gift of giving to others what you and I take for granted every day.

Your service to your country, soldiers, is not, and will never be forgotten. I as a civilian who does not know the sacrifices that your fellow soldiers have made, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Now, I shall write one for you.