" AT THE 11TH HOUR !"X

" TODAY WORLD -WIDE, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY A SEA OF RED!
WITH EACH & EVERY POPPY. REPRESENTING THE DEAD
WHOSE FOOTSTEPS, WE WISH THEY HAD NOT HAD TO TREAD!
WHOSE FEAR & COURAGE, UNIMAGINABLE IN YA HEAD?
WHOSE SURROUNDINGS, SO SURREAL, WHICH FILLED THEM WITH DREAD
ALL WISHING THAT THEY WERE HAVING A NIGHTMARE INSTEAD?
LONGING FOR THE SAFETY OF THEIR OWN BEDS
WITH THOUGHTS OF BRAVE HUSBANDS & YOUNG SONS
WHOSE LAST WISH, WAS TO FIRE A GUN
BUT, WHOSE LOYALTY BELONGED TO NO.1
NOT SURE WHETHER TO FIRE OR RUN?
OR IF THEY,LL GET TO HOLD THEIR NEW BORN SON?
NOT SURE IF THEY.LL EVER AGAIN, SEE THE SUN?
TOO MANY BROTHERS TORN, FROM SISTERS & MOTHERS
FOR THE CAUSE, OF MANY OTHERS
GRANDSONS LOST, MANY UNCLES & DADS!
LIKE A CLOAK AROUND THE WORLD, MAKING IT SAD
TAKING GOOD MEN & MAKING THEM DO BAD
IF WAR WAS A CHOICE  , THAT WE NEVER HAD
FOR EVERY SOLDIER, WOMAN OR MAN
WHO FOR THEIR COUNTRY,S LOYALTY, THEY DID STAND
WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN MANY FOREIGN SANDS
WE WILL NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND
BUT PREY, THAT WORLD WARS, SHOULD BE BANNED
AT OUR EPITAPH WE WILL PROUDLY STAND 
UNITED IN GRIEF, HAND IN HAND 
NOT ONE OF THEM WHO FOUGHT, WILL EVER BE FORGOTTON
EVEN WHEN WE FEEL, WE COULD EVER KNOW ROCK BOTTOM?
BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SO LOYAL & BRAVE !
THEY SCARIFICED THEIR SELVES
SO WE COULD ALL BE SAVED 
& SO EVERY YEAR AT THE 11TH HOUR 
WITH A SIMPLE LITTLE RED FLOWER 
WHICH REPRESENTS, OUR WORLD POWER
WHOSE LIVES WERE LOST ON THE BATTLE FIELD
WE SHOULD NOT STAND, WE SHOULD KNEEL
SADLY FOR THEM, IT WAS ALL SO REAL
& THE BEST WE CAN DO
IS STAND FOR 2 MINUTES & FEEL
YOUR MEMORIES ALL WILL LINGER ON 
LONG AFTER WE ARE ALL GONE 
& AT THE 11TH HOUR. THE WHOLE WORLD 
....IS UNITED AS ONE........X

Tracy Timothy xx