by Dave Butler | Jun 8, 2015 | Poetry
He awoke at three this morning With confusion in his head He’d been with a lifelong friend Who since yesterday was dead Well it wasn’t actually yesterday More like three years ago But the way his grieving was You’d never really know He sat there for...
by Dave Butler | Jan 4, 2015 | Poetry
All the peace had turned to madness Christmas day was done and gone There’d be no more football matches On the land they called the Somme Men shared life with rats Made tea both black and strong For It was a long hard cold winter In that place they called the...
by Dave Butler | Mar 30, 2014 | Poetry
Remembered every morning, That she has gone away. I did not have the privilege, To be there on that day. Our paths in life had parted, Back in a different time. The hope we’d be united, A constant dream of mine. Every day there is a void, Where Mother used to...
by Dave Butler | Mar 28, 2014 | Poetry
Where is the Veteran bound Upon that fateful day. When he leaves this wicked place And has finally passed away. It seems there is no answer Be it “up” or even “Down” Why, He’ll be in Hell some say Where all the Vet’s are found He...
by Dave Butler | Mar 28, 2014 | Poetry
Long ago I was a Soldier My country to defend. My heart will be a Soldier’s Until this journey’s end. Now they call me Veteran For I’m no longer young But I’ll remain a Soldier Until my Requiem is sung When those flames consume me And my final...
