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"LET'S REMEMBER THEM"
When the clock strikes at eleventh hour today,
On this eleventh day of the eleventh month of a calendar year;
Our nation will pause for a moment...
To pay tribute to the fallens in solemn silence.
A prayer of remembrance in hearts and minds be uttered
In memory of their sacrifices laid
in the altar of conflicts far away home
With great thanks and respect for their courage and bravery.
A hundred thousands young and bold
soldiers shed blood and lost their lives;
From the shore of Gallipoli to Normandy and Flanders Field;
While those who made it, came home shattered and devastated.
For a hundred years and more,
this memory still haunts the many;
As the young generation commits this remembrance to their future posterity,
With great pride and honour,
their forefathers' name will forever
etch in history.
Now the field is blooming with red blood poppies,
A reminder of that bloody war;
But wars followed era after eras;
When does this human cruelty
ever ends?
Today at the eleventh hour,
Don't forget to stay silent;
Stop and "let's remember them
At the going down of the sun
Lest we forget."
©Leah C Dancel
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SH-AUSTRALIA
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