A poem............for today.

[Jillius]

i found this poem on the internet and thought i would share it with you today. it made me cry.

why do you still march old man,
with medals on your chest?
why do you still grieve old man,
for those friends you laid to rest?
why do your eyes still gleam old man.
when you hear bugles blow?
tell me why you cry old man,
about those days so long ago?
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i'll tell you why i march young man, with medals on my chest.
i'll tell you why i grieve young man, for those i laid to rest.
through misty fields of gossamer silk
come visions of distant times.
when boys of tender age lost lives
and all their mothers pined.
we buried them in a blanket shroud,
their young flesh, scorched and blackened.
a communal grave, newly gouged,
in bloodstained gourse and bracken.
and you ask me why i march young man?
i march to remind you all.
that for those appleblossom youths, you'd never have known freedom at all.

[funnygirl]

Tis sad and in keeping with Armistic Day.

[moonshadow]

Thank you for sharing it with us Jillius

[Bbbananas]

That is very moving and very appropriate for today.

Shut up Doc!

[zzxxee]

thats a lovely poem

[lil123]

That poem is lovely. thank you for sharing x