We Can’t Imagine

By Teresa H-B May 23, 2024

This poignant poem was written by Teresa Harrison-Best to commemorate the anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6th June 1944 .. both her father and father-in-law fought in the war …

We Can’t Imagine

We can’t imagine what you thought
whilst waiting there to sail.
We can’t imagine what you feared
if D-day were to fail.

We can’t imagine what you felt
as nature showed her rage.
We can’t imagine what you said
before the great rampage.

We can’t imagine what you saw
as comrades fell and died.
We can’t imagine how you mourn
with the knowledge, you survived.

We can’t imagine the horror that was
landing on the beach.
We can’t imagine the longest day
and the freedom you sought to reach.
But we can remember you.

© Teresa Harrison-Best

About the author

Teresa H-B

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Teresa lives in Worthing with her husband Stuart and their three rescue cats. She has recently retired from a long career in the Health and Social care sector, and has taken up Mosaics, Pilates and walking cricket. Her love of writing has always been prevalent throughout her life, and she wrote Catawall, fluent in feline following major surgery as a form of therapy. Her love of rhyme and rhythm feature in Catawall and her subsequent children’s books featuring Mackerel a piratical cat who captures the heart of everyone, even the ships mice and rats! ‘Mackerel and The Jolly Daisy’, ‘Mackerel and the Treasure Map’ and ‘Mackerel Saves the Day’. Her latest project Doggee Longlegs enters young fiction aimed at older children. Doggee is about young dog who starts life in a rescue shelter, overlooked on the homing day. Teresa is a great advocate of all animals and feels passionately about animal welfare, both at home and abroad.