Lest We Forget

For remembrance day to remember those who died in many wars and those who are still fighting, I would like to post a poem made by my brother Grayson.



IN WAR: Past, Present and Future

Soldiers sail overseas,
Their wives and children are filled with pleas!
Crossing their fingers because they don't know,
What lingers on the trenches
On the benches below!

In Flander's Fields poppies grow,
Where soldiers bloodstreams used to flow
Beams of light
screams at night
Winds blow
Grenades explode
Fill the troops with so much fright!

Bi-planes fight in the bright blue sky
Soldiers know they're gonna die
Crosses cross row by row
Their spirits fly in the blue night sky

Now they are in Afghanistan
Fighting the Taliban

Soldiers walk in the dark
Trying not to get a mark
Guns, grenades where the light's gonna fade

Guns and grenades blazing
Soldiers gazing

Artillery fire, soldiers gonna die here
Rotting bodies, decaying hobbies
River of blood, what a dud
Tears drop,
Fears mop and grow

Now in the future, poppies grow where blood flowed
On Remembrance Day
We think of soldiers fighting and dying

-- by Grayson Fox Shipley




I hope we remember the people who are giving their lives to protect our freedom!