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Sirens' Screams

  Stitched in braille from life's mishaps
    the horrors and the pain relapse
  Even on the quietest shores
    his haunts invaded evermore

  Long ago, the peaceful dreams
    buried deep by sirens' screams
  Transports rushing through the night
    the ghosts of war, never white

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Shirley Hawkins

Date: 12/10/2023 3:22:00 PM

There was a police station facing the street I lived in that had a siren warning us to take cover during World War 11, We had an air raid shelter or dug out in our garden that we stayed in until the all-clear siren was heard. My mother made a basket of food, water, games, crayons, books, etc, ready every day in case we had to leave in a hurry. Your couplet brought this to mind as it was remembered all those years ago.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/10/2023 6:56:00 PM

I myself am reminded of that mournful dirge whenever I see an ambulance in a WW2 movie set in a Europe...

John Lawless

Date: 12/10/2023 2:52:00 AM

A painful reminder of the "price" of war

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/10/2023 6:57:00 PM

'Price' of war = heavy stuff, John...