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Leave Us to Sleep
Contributed by
spike
on
Saturday, 23rd April 2005 @ 10:02:06 PM in AEST
Topic:
war
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The scarred landscape holds its sin
So many soldiers buried within
Turks and Diggers, whom Death did reap
- Leave them to sleep.
All those years beneath the earth
Heroes all, for what it's worth
We thought that they were buried deep
- Leave them to sleep.
The yearly pilgrimage to where they dwell
At peace now, where once was hell
Don't disturb what memories keep
- Leave them to sleep.
A part of us in a foreign land
Left to mingle with the sun-baked sand
Then and now the families weep
- Leave them to sleep.
So many young men with hopes and dreams
Who sacrificed all to war's extremes
The cost of peace is never cheap
- Leave us to sleep.
Copyright ©
spike
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2005-04-23 22:02:06]
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Re: Leave Us to Sleep
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by ladyfawn on
Sunday, 1st May 2005 @ 01:41:49 PM AEST
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so very sad... beautifully written... hugs n' love nessa
@->>->:-
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Re: Leave Us to Sleep
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by Silent-No-More on
Monday, 2nd May 2005 @ 08:29:29 AM AEST
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Well done, Spike! I particularly like the rhythm of this piece. It reads as both sensitive and insistent... rather a potent combination, I think.
You've honored your topic here - and I am glad not to have missed this...
~SNM~ |
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Re: Leave Us to Sleep
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by Wolfareen on
Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 05:30:38 AM AEST
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| Oh wow. Hi Spike. I really liked this one, it evoked loads of images in my head, the death, the grief, the fighting but also the heroes of all that. I particularly liked the last line where you change it to "Leave us to sleep". So powerful. Wicked. Wolfareen xx |
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Re: Leave Us to Sleep
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by Wild_Flame on
Sunday, 25th September 2005 @ 11:24:32 PM AEST
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mood has be captured beautifuly!
nice work. |
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