We Will Remember

[maggiebee]

WHO ARE THESE MEN? BY JODIE JOHNSON AGED 11 YEARS

WHO ARE THESE MEN THAT MARCH SO PROUD?
WHO QUIETLY WEEP, EYES CLOSED, HEADS BOWED?
THESE ARE THE MEN, WHO ONCE WERE BOYS...
WHO MISSED OUT ON YOUTH AND ALL ITS JOYS.

WHO ARE THESE MEN, WITH AGED FACES
WHO SILENTLY COUNT THE EMPTY SPACES?
THESES ARE THE MEN, WHO GAVE THEIR ALL
WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY, FOR FREEDOM FOR ALL.

WHO ARE THESE MEN, WITH SORROWFUL LOOK
WHO CAN STILL REMEMBER THE LIVES THAT WERE TOOK? THESE ARE THE MEN WHO, SAW YOUNG MEN DIE
THE PRICE OF PEACE IS ALWAYS HIGH.

WHO ARE THESE MEN WHO, IN THE MIDST OF PAIN
WHISPERED COMFORT TO THOSE THEY WOULD NOT SEE AGAIN?
THESE ARE THE MEN, WHOSE HANDS HELD TOMORROW,
WHO BROUGHT BACK OUR FUTURE WITH BLOOD,TEARS AND SORROW.

WHO ARE THESE MEN, WHO PROMISE TO KEEP ALIVE
ALIVE IN THEIR HEARTS, THE ONES IN DEATH'S SLEEP?
THESE ARE THE MEN, TO WHOM I PROMISE AGAIN
VETERANS, MY FRIENDS, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM !!

[vulcan42]

Wise words from one so young.

[Mamyalynne]

Never forget.

[marval]

A wonderful poem from such a young person. He is right we must never forget.

[murraymints]

Dulce est decorum est pro patria mori ! .....we owe so much to those brave men.....never forget !

[whistonian]

Beautifully written prose by one so young, well done young man and thanks for the submission Maggie.

[jake-the-peg]

I think you may be missing the meaning of that quote murray

The full context is:

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.

[Zeuhl]

Jodie

is usually a girl's name isn't it?

so well done young lady!

[naomi24]

Very good.

[murraymints]

Jake....I'm more than familiar with the piece....most folks get the gist with the ironic Latin phraseology...

[jake-the-peg]

OK - just checking - I'm a great fan of it

But exposing the "great lie" that it is honorable to die for your country is probably unlikely to go down too weel at most rememberance day services

[murraymints]

It adds poignancy to the loss so many suffered !

[TWR]

Excellent Maggie, it's pity the clown's that run this Country don't Acknowledge, Admire, Think about that, when they are selling every bloody thing that these Men /Women give their lives for.

[viv38]

Excellent and very moving.

[Peter Pedant]

can anyone as you muse
tell me why it is the anglo-saxons in GB who are so exervised by the Great War ?

They aren't for example in Belgium and look with wonder at the ANglos scouring the battlefields en masse