by Dave Butler | Jan 29, 2014 | Poetry
A long long way from home Fighting in the foreign sand For reasons he’s not sure about And has no need to understand He believes his country needs him And he want’s to serve her well But he fights for many reasons Some of them he cannot tell He fights not...
by Dave Butler | Jan 29, 2014 | Poetry
He’s just an ordinary soldier A man so brave and true He killed three men today Well, that’s what soldiers do He makes no fuss about it He shouts it not out loud But he saved anothers life today That makes him oh so proud Sometimes when battles rage He...
by Dave Butler | Jan 28, 2014 | Poetry
I had a brother who went to war, Went though he’d not been before He didn’t know then on that day That he would always stay away A bullet on it’s deadly path Cut short his youthful hearty laugh He fell there in that filthy sand And died there as I...
by Dave Butler | Jan 28, 2014 | Poetry
Courage loyalty and comradeship, Qualities they have shown. Displayed there now forever , In black marble stone. Carved by craftsmens hands, Words filled all in gold. That they may always stay, With spirits oh so bold. You will see there always, Every single name. But...
