Just A Thought © 2008 Reg Wright

Did you wonder, as you past this way,
Would you pass this way again.
Did you wonder, if those two lions
Looking so benign gave any hint
Of what was to come,
When you were in the line

Did you think, on the whistle’s
shrill command,
Go forward to be shot, or if not,
Stand to be shot by comrades on demand
Of those in bunkers far behind.

We’ll never know how your body fell
Or where you now lie
But we will lay a poppy here
By the Menin Gate
Shed a tear for your memory
And go upon our way
To wonder why our young men
Are still sacrificed today.