A Yorkshire Poet Poet Dramatic Verse

Endurance, Will Power, Strength

The rain is falling hard outside
The wind is picking up
It's miles until we reach the next point
But we can't even think of giving up

This shelter is so rudimentary
It's only half killing the cold
The moon light above is shining brightly
I think it's time we took a hold

A body count sees that we are missing one
We go and look out at the fields
The fields look like black, uneven tracks
But our comrade may well be out there on his knees

Let's retrace our steps back to the previous point
Let's pretend the sun is out
Let's pretend we're off for a country walk
Let's do it now, right now!

We have to stick to watching backs and following the line
Until we find him we will walk no matter what the tide!
We won't be able to hear ourselves the wind is so strong now
The horizontal rain will hit our faces hard, we must protect our eyes!

100 metres and we do a check, to make sure we're all here
When we find our comrade we may well have to carry him back here

No rest now boys, no food, no drink, try to remember how strong willed you are
The wet cold fields and cruel weather vast will try to bring us to our knees
But this fight against the elements will be true and hard but we will win, we will win.

An injured, lost, soldier is out there now, and we will do this for him.

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