[fnftwo] ANZAC - We will remember them

 

 

Today is ANZAC (Australian, New Zeland Army Corps) day in New Zealand

and Australia, much like Veterens day in other countries. So in their honour

and to remember them I made this stationery.

Below is is a poem I wrote a few years ago after attending ANZAC day services.

 

Where Sleeping Soldiers Lie

 

Looking around me few veterens remain

From wars that took place long ago

I close my eyes and imagine the scene

As I sing the hymns so slow

"In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row."

These words remembered on this day

Of men that died so far away

Did they really beleive when they answered the call

That this was the war to end all wars

Were they lured by slogans like 'Your country needs you'

A single bright shillings the pay

Off they sailed to distant shores

Enlisting in the fray

Their heads held high, stauch and proud

Clad in khaki marching along

Were they really prepared to sacrifice

Their lives when they joined the brave throng

They dug trenches and foxholes, places to hide

To protect them from bullet and shell

Knee deep in mud they fought the foe

In the killing fields of hell

Bloodied and maimed they stumbled and fell

Where they stood, on this barren land

In their arms their mates held them giving comfort and solace

Unable to make their last stand

No bombs, no barbed wire, no guns firing now

Only graves that bare the blood stain

As the silence has fallen on the poppy fields

Dead are sleeping, the living remain

I stand at the cenotaph to honour the dead

And I think of the future of our youth

The soldiers that fought in these gruesome wars

Fought and died for our peace and truth

 

"No greater love has any man, than to lay down his life for another."

 

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

 

Carrie

 

Art and Poetry by Carrie (kiwiarts)