THE VILLAGE THAT HAD NO MEMORIAL
A woman moved in to a village ,She strode around looking around ,
Getting to know the place ,
When she'd check the the village out ,
She noticed that unlike other British villages ,
It had no memorials to the dead of WW1 ,
The names of the villages who volunteered but never came back ,
She asked in the local pub , why there was not a memorial ,
The customers , went quiet , reluctant to answering her searching questions ,
They mumbled , fudged any answers ,
Looked down in to there pints , glasses of wine and what not ,
She persisted , till reluctantly an old boy , answered her ,
In anger he said '' I'll tell you're lady '' ,
''Why? '' '' you ask us '' , ''cos we were told we could not add one mans name ''
'' 'cos he were shot by a firing squad , he could not take NO more '' ,
''We would not put up a memorial with out his name on it '' ,
'' So not with out his name on it , then we'd sooner have none at all ,
The woman asked what they now felt about putting up a memorial including the mans name ,
She organized a meeting too ask the whole village what they thought ,
Of what to do ,
They all agreed too erect a memorial with all the names of the dead ,
Including the name of the villager soldier shot at dawn inscribed upon it ,
The villagers raised the money , and proudly erected a village memorial with all the names of those who did not return
Least we forget, we have not forgotten any of you
Ken D Williams
The Dyslexic Poet
Poetry by ken d williams
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Written on 2011-04-24 at 10:51
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