Something I've written for today. No offense intended.
Mud and rain, the cold bites deep,
Letters home I cannot keep.
Names and faces fade to grey,
But we hold the line another day.
The guns don’t rest, they scream our names,
Heaven’s tears fall through the flames.
In this trench, our souls confined,
We pray for peace we’ll never find.
Lest we forget, the fallen cry,
Beneath the same dark, thundered sky.
We gave our youth, our hearts, our breath,
To silence war, to conquer death.
Lest we forget, through time’s regret,
We lived, we loved — don’t let them forget.
A photograph, a tattered song,
Reminds me what I’m fighting for.
A mother’s voice, a sweet refrain,
Echoes softly through the pain.
The dawn breaks red, the whistles blow,
We climb where angels fear to go.
One step more through smoke and fire,
For home, for love, for one desire.
Lest we forget, the fallen cry,
Beneath the same dark, thundered sky.
We gave our youth, our hearts, our breath,
To silence war, to conquer death.
Lest we forget, through time’s regret,
We lived, we loved — don’t let them forget.
If I should fall, don’t cry for me,
I’ll rest where poppies kiss the sea.
My name may fade, but still I’ll stay,
In freedom’s heart, I’ll find my way.
Lest we forget, the price we paid,
The blood that freedom’s hands have made.
Through whispered wind and shadowed dawn,
Remember us — though we are gone.
Lest we forget, through tears unmet,
We gave it all — lest we forget.