Tall stands the tower

Lewis War Memorial

Tall stands the tower
Looking out
over the town
and the ring of stones

Twenty-three
they number
each carrying
a plaque

More than a thousand
they number
names
of those that did not return

Tall stands the tower
Looking out
over the sea
to the marker

Two hundred
they number
who were lost
that New Year's morn

After fifty-one months
of senseless slaughter
they were lost
within sight of home

Tall stands the tower
tears welling under the door
for those that did
not return