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Monday, 4 November 2019

NOVEMBER 11th #PoetryByFionaCummings


NOVEMBER 11

BY FIONA CUMMINGS

A Father, Son, her Husband, his brother

A sweetheart, lover

 An uncle, cousin Nephew best friend

They all had hope, until the end

They were told to go

There was no such word as no

Falling leaves, and loved ones grieved

Millions were killed, hearts did bleed

That went on for so many years

Blistering pain, and rivers of tears

Troubled minds, kept our country going

Down the coalmines, protectant our homeland when it was snowing

Whilst fires burn

We never learn

Still we can’t live in peace

All those lives lost, but never forgotten

Sadly, war is still, too common

What is left, but a rotten coffin

Empty graves, brave slaves

A day to remember

The 11th of November

 

© Fiona Cummings 2019

 

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