Remembrance

[maggiebee]

I make no apologies for posting this today, the 11th of the 11th.

Still here in Flanders

Remember me yet though a hundred years have gone
Still here in Flanders while the world has moved on
Nobody left who had spoken my name
Still here in Flanders, still just the same

Still just 19 as I was when I left
Still cursing war and the violence and theft
Theft of the lives of young men such as I
Still here in Flanders and still don’t know why

They buried me here for ‘twas here that I fell
Amongst all the mud and the bullet and shell
No going home for us heroes of war
Still here in Flanders on this foreign shore

Rows of white crosses remember our lives
No more our mothers or lovers or wives
Strangers now come to see where we lay
Still here in Flanders to this very day

Poppies now grow where the battle once raged
Each one recalling a life never aged
Remember me yet though a hundred years gone
Still here in Flanders while the world has moved on

Chris Ross 2018

[SparklyKid]

Thhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11710660is is very interesting, The unknown soldier.

[SparklyKid]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11710660

[SparklyKid]

Never mind. It is the story of how the soldier was chosen from the battlefields.

[maggiebee]

I heard that story SparklyKid and it was certainly something I didn't know about.

[SparklyKid]

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I heard that story SparklyKid and it was certainly something I didn't know about.


10:47 Sun 11th Nov 2018

I was fascinated by it, very poignant. It meant that everyone who had lost a son, brother, husband, uncle , uncle etc could imagine it was their beloved one that was there. Excellent idea.

[Butterbun]

If you can, watch the video of it, very moving, had me in tears.

[marval]

Lovely poem and interesting story, thank you.