Reappraisal

Tribute to those lost in the First World War.

A soldiers perspective.

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A savage truth hits me harder than a freight train !

This level of commitment we shall have to sustain.

In the future there cannot be any easing of effort.

It will be a miracle to suppress a defeatist thought.

So difficult was it to gain this meagre slice of land.

So much blood was shed, far greater than planned !

Now, the foe regroups to try to take our prize away.

All truly understand the Devil has come out to play !

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How many can be lost to a whim of extreme politics ?

How many souls can endure the pain of Satans antics ?

Life is cheap, tossed aside with a piercing vile scream.

Lives are discarded in a manner none have ever seen !

Those with glory in mind send us into a raging inferno,

Putting self-interest first, to ignore all that they know !

This cruel hell will go on far longer than they foresaw.

This shall become like nothing which has gone before !