I wrote this for my latest TMA
Lest we forget
The poppy
In Flanders Fields it grows
Flowering for one brief day
Shedding petals on ground
Still scarlet stained
By the blood of blossoming youth
Lest we forget
We fought fascism
We fought it in trenches
On fields, streets and beaches
From bomb shelters
On radio waves and postered walls
In our living rooms and consciences
We fought fascism
And we won.
The promise of peace
The post war pact
The NHS
The Welfare State
Our safety net
Our life of civic order
Pay income tax
National insurance
Vote in the ballot box
Put in a lifetime’s
Peaceful contribution
No more should we be,
Left alone, left behind
Prey to fear, prone to war
Torn by class, race and hate
Never again?
Lest we forget
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