The guns fell silent
all those years ago
They started up again
a few years later
The guns fell silent
as they eventually do
After many people
have fallen silent
We remember
those that fought
those that fell victim
We try to learn
We remember
by old stones
by memorials
all their names
Yet do we learn
We promise to
but always fail
to learn the lesson
The guns fell silent
that day in November
Let's hope one day
It'll be for good
The Wall came down
The Wall came down
with the sound of breaking glass
the roar of fire
consuming reason
Jude
is not a first name
It's a German word
meaning * JEW *
The Wall came down
after 70 years
of dictatorship
and human failure
The Star of David
an emblem
of persecution
a harbinger of death
The Wall came down
After a mere three wars
Two hot
one cold
The Swastika
auspicious symbol
for mass murder
on an industrial scale
The Wall came down
on Reichskristallnacht
I cannot celebrate
only commemorate
with the sound of breaking glass
the roar of fire
consuming reason
Jude
is not a first name
It's a German word
meaning * JEW *
The Wall came down
after 70 years
of dictatorship
and human failure
The Star of David
an emblem
of persecution
a harbinger of death
The Wall came down
After a mere three wars
Two hot
one cold
The Swastika
auspicious symbol
for mass murder
on an industrial scale
The Wall came down
on Reichskristallnacht
I cannot celebrate
only commemorate
Remembrance Sunday 2014
There we stood
two hundred strong
the sun smiled
at us in silence
There we stood
to attention - at ease - easy
remembering those
who did just that a century ago
Words do not matter
at a time like that
Just a plaster
on old wounds
I looked around
after the wreaths
were laid
and the prayers said
A rainbow
beyond the estuary
a more potent symbol
than any mortal words
What would they
have given to only
once more
see the hills again
Crowned by
near wintery
grey palls
over the endless moor
For King and Country
A land fit for heroes
They gave their today
Are we worthy of our tomorrow?
There we stood
in a benign November sun
Their names on bronze tablets
as the Last Post rang out
We will remember them
two hundred strong
the sun smiled
at us in silence
There we stood
to attention - at ease - easy
remembering those
who did just that a century ago
Words do not matter
at a time like that
Just a plaster
on old wounds
I looked around
after the wreaths
were laid
and the prayers said
A rainbow
beyond the estuary
a more potent symbol
than any mortal words
What would they
have given to only
once more
see the hills again
Crowned by
near wintery
grey palls
over the endless moor
For King and Country
A land fit for heroes
They gave their today
Are we worthy of our tomorrow?
There we stood
in a benign November sun
Their names on bronze tablets
as the Last Post rang out
We will remember them
We will remember them
None now remain
who were prepared
but did not need
to lay down their life
Few now remain
who remember
those that fell
as living memories
Many remain
whose mortal remains
have a resting place
known only unto God
In the mud
of Flanders Fields
under the waves
of the seven seas
Some remain
whose resting place is known
but whose name
known only unto God
I stand by the sea
on the sandy dune
or on the crumbling cliff
looking out over waves
The rutted track
The rusty gate
The upright stones
We will remember them
who were prepared
but did not need
to lay down their life
Few now remain
who remember
those that fell
as living memories
Many remain
whose mortal remains
have a resting place
known only unto God
In the mud
of Flanders Fields
under the waves
of the seven seas
Some remain
whose resting place is known
but whose name
known only unto God
I stand by the sea
on the sandy dune
or on the crumbling cliff
looking out over waves
The rutted track
The rusty gate
The upright stones
We will remember them
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