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Eternal Blue
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posted November 11, 2004 05:02 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eternal Blue     Edit/Delete Message
A people with a recognised homeland
That's what all of them have been dreaming for
A name that one day will become a nation
That's what he fought for

A region haunted by bloodshed and fire
For which many from both sides have sacrificed
For his people's identity and dignity
He never compromised

'You're gone but not forgotten
You shall be remembered as the strength
Some might perceive you as a villain
But undeniable was your influence'

'Decayed before seeing your misson accomplished
And your last wish unfulfilled
Though your flesh has now perished
Your spirit shall always be here'

I'm not saying he was flawless
Still, he gave hope to the people who were denied a homeland
To condemn his deed is pointless
He was the rock, don't let the efforts fall through your fingers like sand

'You're gone but not forgotten
May peace fall upon this region of unrest one day
You're gone but not forgotten
For the days to come, I pray'

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Sheaa Olein
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posted November 11, 2004 09:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Sheaa Olein     Edit/Delete Message
This rings true for today aswell; Remembrence Day

I like the way you relay experiences, Eternal. Like I said before, it's like you were there.

Escher

I love this poem by Siegfried Sassoon, although it saddens me;

quote:
HAVE you forgotten yet?...
For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days,
Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:
And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow
Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you're a man reprieved to go,
Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.
But the past is just the same-and War's a bloody game...
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you'll never forget.

Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz--
The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets?
Do you remember the rats; and the stench
Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench-
And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain?
Do you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?'

Do you remember that hour of din before the attack--
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
With dying eyes and lolling heads-those ashen-grey
Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?

Have you forgotten yet?...
Look up, and swear by the green of the spring that you'll never forget.

Siegfried Sassoon, 1920


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Eternal Blue
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posted November 11, 2004 07:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Eternal Blue     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks Sheaa for this deeply moving poem by Siegfried Sassoon- it is tragic indeed. War is always tragic.

I simply jotted this down after having watched the news.

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