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Premium MemberGreat Uncle Albert An Epitaph

FRAGILE FREEDOMS
Lost in France,
Resting 
    'neath a simple cross,
Just name,nationality and rank;
Giving of life,was his loss.

At home,
A breaking,aching heart;
A sweetheart's pain;
Her emptiness 
      was another's gain.

In memory 
       fading go
As echoing years slip by,
And still her tears flow;
Vivid yet
         her anguish sigh.

Forgotten,forfeit 
         and for what?
freedom frailties,fragile,
Such ideas still beguile;
T'was ever thus,
      the peasant soldier's lot.

REPOST FROM 2007
Categories: great uncle, tribute, war,
Form: Rhyme

In Memoriam Great Uncle Patrick

Here, where the sky is so close,
the deep shadows of the hill have 
taken away our great uncle

A family love,
conciliator,
firm of authority,
Shield of wisdom.

We weep to usher gladness of comfort
Thereafter, we will pray:

Perpetual dew
through the Mercy of God,
that Impeccable care,
Tranquility, glory from Grace,
Love and affection, guardianship 
unto our faithful ancestry 
Blessedness of Eternal repose
Alav ha-shalom
Categories: great uncle, appreciation, beauty, eulogy, ,
Form: Elegy


Premium MemberGreat Uncle Albert

In Arras field he watched that day
A flash of light against the grey,
High explosives whistled all around
And fallen thousands filled the ground.
Kentish man against the wall,
He had defended to the last;
A fleeting life--
So briefly did it pass.

One of the Lost generation  of World War ONE 1918
Categories: great uncle, death, loss, sad,
Form: Elegy
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