I rewrote a previous poem of mine...... <br /> <br />Brave buildings built in honour of <br />The ones they left behind <br />With thoughts still whole unspoken <br />Of a sentimental kind <br />Of the men who go to war without <br />Any question of deceit <br />The ones that die on battlefields <br />And of serious disease. <br /> <br />For though some wars are over <br />And many battles lost <br />These buildings tower over us <br />So we can count the cost <br />Lest we forget our fallen men <br />So shall we every night <br />Remember those who held their flag <br />And thought their fight was right. <br /> <br />There's a strangeness now about the world <br />That’s making this all seem <br />Like so many leaden soldiers <br />Just a'marching in our dreams <br />But though this now is commonplace <br />And although we hate all war <br />Those human boyhood soldiers <br />Are still dying as before. <br /> <br />Why do we all go through this <br />Time and time again <br />Why do we fight our politics <br />With the bodies of brave men <br />For there's a truth that lies amongst the dead <br />Both infidel and blessed <br />And they are clearly asking us <br />Why we can't put war to rest. <br /> <br />Lest we forget war's horrors <br />And lest we forget the pain <br />Then every single bloody war <br />Will be repeated once again.<br /><br />David Keig<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/armistice-day/
