Emerging Victorious…
(Inspired by Leigh Lambert’s painting…)
Cloned housing, repetition chimneys and a cobbled stone
Road, like a bland, silver-grey mosaic
Forms a lifeless stage beneath a troubled sky,
Its dark ash scored by trails above a placid sea.
Enthralled civilians hear the fighters’ disturbing drone,
The diligent ARP wardens watch, motionless, static,
As boys skit about with arms raised as wings to fly
Like the Spitfires and Hurricanes they hurry to see.
And victorious they emerge after deeds well done,
Glorious predators soaring, bold and heroic,
Offering crumbs of comfort for the Home Front awry,
With the promise of peace and the hope to remain free…
Pete Ray
7th August 2025…
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