LEST WE FORGET ... REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY

“I wish one day we will be ONE WORLD under ONE FLAG …

a flag of PEACE and UNITY” - AP

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwpO8Q1u4Ss

I JUST CAME BACK FROM A WAR – DARRYL WORLEY

 

They fell asleep on fields of red

sandbags and mud their pillows and bed

sacrificed their lives so that we

can live our lives in peace; be free

 

How should we best remember them

these boy soldiers; these unforgotten men and women

remembering them and honouring them

not just today but ad infinitum

 

Today I remember everyone who fell

not just in my country but throughout the world as well

the bravery of men and women too

the children; the innocents; all those who we failed to rescue

 

And all those who survived and those left behind

we must not turn our backs on them; the world should not be rendered blind

let us join hand in hand across the sea

find a way forward; open the eyes of the world to see

 

As a child I felt the indentation in the head of my late Dad

made by the bullet that did not kill him, but left him so sad

what does not kill us makes us stronger he would say to me

trying to convince me; deflect his sadness away from me

 

He never spoke much about his ordeal

and he died before I realised the little he did say was real

I was brought up in the army way

and now the discipline brings order to my chaotic days

 

For me every day is Remembrance Day

and I am grateful that I am able to pray

if I did not have hope or my deep beliefs

I would sink beyond trace and drown in my grief

 

Today I say thank you to all those who suffer for others and die

shed the tears for a world that drowns out their cries

so many voices but the still voice of calm is still heard

the voice of reason and love rises above and speaks out the Word

 

We are here because of their deep sacrifice; they did their bit

and now it is up to us to leave the world better than we found it

not much to ask is it to let our egos go

put others needs before our own; make each passing day a better tomorrow..

 

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