Not For Him…
Not for him an upturned rifle and solemnity,
Or respect, or bowed, sorrowful, helmeted head;
Not for him the grim expression, mourning for eternity
And respect for the sorrowful, fêted dead…
But for him an exaltation,
A gutsy emotion, rifle brandished,
Helmet thrust high in defiance,
Honouring victory and a vindication
Of sacrifice and a generation tarnished
By slaughter, horror and blind obeisance…
Pete Ray
February 2020
Truro’s dramatic war memorial…
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