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POEM: Remembering past wars

A Ponoka News reader composes poem to remember wars of the past and sacrifices made
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The After Taste of War

Guns are quiet

The smell of ammunition

and blood is gone

Silent graves have quelled the revenge

Smouldered old buildings mock the horizon.

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Mothers and wives put away bravery metals

Fathers are left with empty dreams.

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Was it worth it all?

No one has an answer.

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Justice is not spared on the battlefield

Torn limbs and crippled legs

Leave stories to be told.

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An army of men with a cause to be proven

Once healthy and whole to be tried for pride.

Resist and advance

Retreat or surrender

God help us all

In the confusion of war.

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Wasted young lives are put away

Models of freedom

They gave us a chance

To be more than we are!

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Reverance is due for all they have given.

Edith Kane