Somme

Did you march

that summer's day

Did you sail

across the Channel

Were you among

those never

to have passed

beyond the lighthouse?

Did you answer

the call to duty

the irrefusable

appeal from the King

Was it the last time

you saw the hills

of your native island

sink behind the waves?

Did they find you,

were you among

the luckiest

of unlucky?

Were you not

one of those

lost in a field

now part of it

So many

left these shores

for another shore

never to return

The hundred years

passing slowly

the centenary

goes on

We remember them

Lost at sea or on land

lost in mind

We remember them