The Growing Years
...Never knew my Dad when I was a lad,
Never knew what it was like,
to go for a walk, and hold his hand.
My, if I did, that would be grand.
My early years are in the mist of time,
Those times as ...
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Categories:
chepstow, childhood, military,
Form: Rhyme
Where Are You Now
...Where are you now?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Been a long time asking everyone.
Troops and Groups of strong young men,
All passed out as fighting troops and then?
We went in as young ...
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Categories:
chepstow, friendship, memory, military, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
A Royal Engineer
...A mere lad of fifteen years
Amid a life of bullying and tears,
I set out one day to end my fears,
I went to join the Engineers.
The recruitment centre I soon found,
The place that made me Army...
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Categories:
chepstow, growing up, happiness, military,
Form: Carpe Diem