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Poem of the Week

Untitled Poem

August 30, 2010

After the Wars of long ago
Between the crosses did poppies blow;
To remind mankind that never again
Would the reign of tyranny ever win.

Once again, the Torch we hold high
In the land under a foreign sky;
To fight for freedom from tyranny,
And instil a Hope to the many.

We take up the fight with our foe,
In another field where the poppies grow.
Oppression, terror and insurgency:
These are the names of our enemy.

We too have dead for whom we mourn;
Who died in a country that is being reborn;
For a cause that is noble: Defend our Land.
They asked us to come to Afghanistan.

By S.S.M.

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