THE HILL OF CROSSES

   THE HILL OF CROSSES                     TIM WILLIAMS         SEPT. 2015

SINCE THE 1820'S THEY HAVE COME,
TO PLACE A CROSS UPON A HILL,
TO COMMEMORATE THE SOLDIERS BLOOD,
THAT HAD BEEN LOST, THAT HAD BEEN SPILLED,
BUT NO BODY HAD BEEN FOUND,
NOTHING SOLID TO BURY IN THE GROUND,
NO ASHES TO SCATTER ALL AROUND,
SO THEY PLACED THEIR CROSSES ON THAT HILL,
FOR ALL THE MEN THE T'SAR HAD KILLED,
AND STILL THEY PLACE THEIR CROSSES THERE,
200,000 CROSSES ON A HILL ONCE BARE,
SO NOW WE ALL HAVE A PLACE TO REMEMBER THEM,
WE SHALL CARRY ON THIS REQUIEM.