Remembrance Day Poem: Giving Everything
As conflict rumbled on Each nation's peace was gone Each soldier stumbled on And no more light shone. Though right there at the start With families torn apart There was hope within their heart: An optimism chart... But ticked off one by one The promise to return Turned into "it is done." "We give and then we learn." They learnt that this was not What they thought that it would be In the trenches, they forgot The light they'd hoped to see. The light that promised victory And swiftly coming home In sacrifice for you and me Toward No-man's land they roam. What must they be thinking Praying through their tears? In mud, their boots were sinking And this went on for years. At home, the letters flowing in Another life was lost The weeping of the knowing kin For such a human cost! Freedom is the dearest treasure And the love with which they fought Is something that we cannot measure Nor comprehend in thought. Just as they gave all they had Jesus paid the gr...