Friday, 11 November 2011

Paper Poppies

I have never smelled a real poppy,
much less stood in Flanders Fields
Never been in the trenches,
or walked through the ruins of my efforts
I've always had warm meals and my bed.

I write this freely,
no one governs the thoughts in my head.
I do not understand war
or necessary evils of any kind.
The casualties so grave,
this sort of loss
has not been mine.
There is no way to remember
what I can't even fathom.


But I will never forget
how grateful I am for these truths.

And to those who
afforded them
at such a cost.

I pray the poppies help you sleep.
Love,
gratitude
and peace.


Art: Poppy Fields - Bev Livingstone.



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