BETWEEN THE TRENCHES
CAME CHRISTMAS DAY THAT YEAR WAR NOW TOOK A BREAK
MEN WERE ALL SO SAD FOR HOME AND CHRISTMAS CAKE
THE HARDSHIP OF THE TRENCHES THIS DAY WAS ALL FORGOTTEN
A SON A GERMAN SOLDIER TOWARDS ALLIED LINES CAME TROTTING
WHITE FLAG HELD UP HIGH WRITTEN CHALLENGE IN HIS HAND
HE AND ALL HIS COMRADE'S SOUGHT FOOTBALL IN NO MAN'S LAND
SO THERE BETWEEN THE TRENCHES WHERE BLOOD HAD FLOWN BEFORE
THIS GAME NOW SO REMARKABLE TOOK PLACE AMID THE GORE
THE ALLIES HELD THEIR NERVE TWO GOALS WERE NOW AHEAD
FOR HOURS THEY ALL FORGOT TOMORROW THEY COULD BE DEAD
GAME AT LAST WAS OVER THE ALLIES THEY HAD WON
SONG'S WERE SANG THAT EVENING UNTIL THE DAY WAS DONE
NEXT DAY THEY FACED EACH OTHER THIS TIME THEY DID AS FOE
ALL THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT CHRISTMAS DIED AS BLOOD DID FLOW
THAT GAME NOW PART OF HISTORY IT'S STILL TALKED ABOUT TODAY
AS RELATIVES NOW THEY VISIT THIS PLACE WHERE FAMILY LAY
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Wow!!! JOSEPH!!..... what a powerfully compelling write......VERY original narrative!!....I don't know if this is a true story or not........ regardless it's definitely a story that will stick in my memory.......I can almost see this as muddy scene within a war film...... great imagery here brother poet!!........ALL STARS!!:....... well done....... and......WELCOME to COSMO!!.......LOVE and ROCKETS!!........T xo. ?
This is true it happened during the first world war at the battle of the Somme it was the first Christmas of the war and Thank you for your comment much appreciated