For all returning soldiers.


Back in Blighty II

BACK IN BLIGHTY II


The soldiers
Touched down,
Their Herculean task,
Fulfilled.

Still wearing
Their olive-branch-
-of-peace
Coloured
Khakis.

They stepped back
Into the English drizzle,
Back from the drought,
The dust of the desert,
Back from the
Afghan
Front.

Anointed
By soft rain,
Home again!
Home again!


Back in Blighty.









Poetry by Esti D-G The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2008-12-08 at 23:53

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Stan Cooper The PoetBay support member heart!
Good poem Esti....
And aren't we all glad they made it home...
But I can't help thinking about those who will never return...

What a world we live in !!!

xxx Stan
2009-06-18


Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
the terrain, everything is so alien - it is a war fought that can't be fought - may all our soldiers return safely

Elle x
2009-06-16


NicholasG
Sadly we have lost another young soldier from the local regiment this past week. Barely 20 years old.
Nick
2009-06-16