November 9, 2008
Lest We Forget
they must not be forgotten
these whose blood
whose tears
purchase our joys
who carry to their grave, honour
courage
valour
duty
horror
beyond imagining
whose lives have paid and pay again
so high a cost for what should not have been
they must not be forgotten
these who live and die for other's gain,
for whom a stranger’s life
has more value than their own
we owe no honour lower
than endless praise
we owe no memory shorter
than eternity
lest we forget
and call from life again
these whose lives have borne our cost
This was set in motion by two things:
- My undying gratitude to those who bought (and buy) my freedom
- Paul Gross' film "Paschendaele" which itself is based on memories
of his grandfather of the horrors of World War I
We can not, ever, hold these men and women in high enough honour