popeye1975
New Member
I wrote this on November 11 a few years back
An Oppo?s Farewell
Share not this common earth with me, not yet
But live to tell, of we who laughed and loved, then fell
Remember me, in years of plenty
As a friend and comrade left behind
A random name and serial number
Bullet and shrapnel, torn asunder
A home left wanting, dreams undreamt
A choir of millions at history?s door
Not heroes all, but silent souls left cold
By the memory of an unwanted war
So speak truly of me, and carry me well
For generations who will never know me
Tell them all that I am no statue
Raised to honour long distant dead
No faded photograph can hold me
In the same regard we shared this day
And when they ask you if you knew me
Smile, and laugh the past away
Steve Hale
11 November 2006
An Oppo?s Farewell
Share not this common earth with me, not yet
But live to tell, of we who laughed and loved, then fell
Remember me, in years of plenty
As a friend and comrade left behind
A random name and serial number
Bullet and shrapnel, torn asunder
A home left wanting, dreams undreamt
A choir of millions at history?s door
Not heroes all, but silent souls left cold
By the memory of an unwanted war
So speak truly of me, and carry me well
For generations who will never know me
Tell them all that I am no statue
Raised to honour long distant dead
No faded photograph can hold me
In the same regard we shared this day
And when they ask you if you knew me
Smile, and laugh the past away
Steve Hale
11 November 2006