AUGUST 1914-2014

       AUGUST 1914-2014           BY TIM WILLIAMS

IT WAS ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO YESTERDAY
THAT ALL THOSE MEN AND BOYS MARCHED AWAY
TO A FATE FOR MOST, WORSE THAN DEATH ITSELF
THEY FOUGHT IN THE TRENCHES , ALONGSIDE BELGUIAN'S AND FRENCH.

SONS' , DAUGHTERS AND MOTHERS WATCHED THEIR
MENFOLK BOARD TRAINS.
A  WAVING HAND THROUGH THE STEAM,
AND NEVER SEEN AGAIN

ONE HUNDRED YEARS ON, WE ALL MARKED THE DAY,
THAT OUR SONS AND FATHERS, WERE TAKEN AWAY
IN OUR HOMES ALL SAFE AND CWTCHED BECAUSE OF THEM
WE PUT OUT OUR LIGHTS AND BURNED A CANDLE AT TEN

SO WE STARE INTO THE FLICKERING FLAME,
WATCHING BLACK AND WHITE FOOTAGE, ON A T.V. SCREEN
AND THINK OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY OUR BOYS AND MEN
AND LISTEN TO SWEET CHOIR BOYS SOME THE SAME AGE AS THEM.

YES !... WE WILL REMEMBER THEM,
WITH A FULL HEART OF THANKS, AND A TEAR IN OUR EYE'S
FOR THOSE HERO'S WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES
SO THE NEXT GENERATION COULD GROW INTO WOMEN AND MEN.