APOCALYPSE 1914-18
I have heard the soldiers singing,
Pure young voices strong and true.
I have heard them speak of valour,
Each man the others must outdo.
I have watched them march to battle
With final thoughts of home and wives,
Realising - for the first time,
They now are fighting for their lives.
I have seen life standing – leering
While death fondled his barbarous knife;
Watched Apocalyptic horsemen thunder,
savagly through fading halls of night.
I have watched the victims stiffen,
Petrified by loathsome scenes
Sheering through this realm of terror
A figment of evil, demented dreams.
I have wept for souls returning,
Floundering relics of mankind,
Condemned to a living hell they wander
Seeking a peace they cannot find.
And on.. and on.. time after time.
Fred McIlmoyle
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