The silence, coming with the dawn.1
Men lying cold, their spirits gone.2
Last words frozen on their lips3
A gasp of air from bodies ripped4
In desperation to survive5
To stay, to love, to be alive.6
Glory and honor fade away7
Desperately trying to keep death at bay.8
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Youth and innocence stolen in the night10
Unable to stay after the terrible sight11
Of friends dead and comrades dying12
Of families cries13
And mournful sighs14
Tear filled eyes15
And their friends on foreign fields lying.16
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Salutes and orders, meaningless now18
A few hours before, sweat on the brow19
As fear clutched at the hearts of brave men20
Wondering whether they would see surise again.21
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The rotting stench of bodies dead23
And the ground stained forever red.24
Poppies blowing25
Haunting cries26
To mark the ending of so many lives.27
