The Last Post

The Last Post

From boy to man how quick you’ve grown
in muddy fields you’ve learned to hone,
Those skills, allowing you to live
you’ve given all you had to give,
In six months since this war was waged
how you’ve matured, how you have aged,
The rain beats down on sodden face
your heart it races at a pace

The last post sounds your fighting’s done,
Sleep well my boy your war is won,
The battlefields awash with red,
As poppies guard the glorious dead,
Sleep silent lad – until the morn,
When reveille sounds….. rise at dawn,
If you should fail, not pass the test,
Then go – enjoy – eternal rest.

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eric1
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Hi, I am a grandfather of four beautiful Grandchildren, I have one son and three daughters, We lost Vickie to Cancer in December 2013, she was 23 years old, whoever said time heals haven't lost a child. My profile picture is of Vickie and I haven't changed it since she died, I have a wonderful loving wife without whom I would not have made it through. My escape is writing poetry, I have had five published to date, I now have two books published 'World War One In Verse' is available on Amazon books and 'Poetry From The Heart' is available on Amazon or Feed a Read, just enter the title and my name Eric Harvey. If you love the 50's, 60.s and 70's my new book of poems will take you back to those days, 'A Poetic Trip Along Memory Lane' will jog your memories of bygone days.

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