TAKE A ROAD ANY ROAD

Take a road , any road ,

Say in France , travel ,

Any road in Europe will suffice ,

A long that road ,

Through towns , citys ,

So many villages you ,

Will pas through ,

Many a cemetery you ,

Will notice,

You may stop to look ,

Read many names ,

Anglo- Saxon , French ,

Germans , but not so many ,

They lost of course , so just ,

Tipped in to mass graves ,

Or markers with their names ,

Puled up with no ceremony, dumped ,

Names forgot ,

Of word wars one and two ,

Those we know about , long may those wars be remembered ,

But that road will take you beautiful fields , planted and others waiting ,

But those fields can tell of wars of long , long ago , just a few feet down lay ,

The remains of those who died in wars long forgotten ,

Only remembered in dusty history books ,

Europe , as known many wars , to many wars ,

As you travail down that road , goo right on , till you reach the sea ,

Walk down passing fields now planted with crops ,

Fields with cows and sheep , grazing , growing fat ,

Ten thousand miles will be more , distant ,

Walk down the road many travailed you drest in mufti ,

Those before you in uniforms , marched down ,

Many never came back that way but remained , where they fell ,

From Agincourt , Crecy, and so many others ,

The sieges of Paris , Berlin , the battles for Moscow ,

Many fields , that have been battlefields in times past ,

Lets hope they will only grow barley now

Ken D Williams

The Dyslexic Poet






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Written on 2011-08-22 at 12:27

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Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Well said, Ken. Yes, let's hope that, so soon as the current wars end, the fields will be put to better use.
2011-08-27



What an excellent write, my friend.
The peace dove has studied a little history so has some familiarity with the subject.
Abundant images here. A poem as a memorial, a thing of gravitas. I enjoyed the journey.
Thank you!
2011-08-22


ken d williams The PoetBay support member heart!
The likes of you and I our Keith , we never never forget.
Ken
2011-08-22


Leovinus
Not only remembered in dusty history books, our Ken.

Remembered in our memories that grow dustier by the day.
2011-08-22