Dedicated to all those who gave up their lives so we could live on...

Together but Apart

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I went across the sea,

To fight another's war

And left behind me,

A family, and more.

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Every day and night

Scared for my life

Bombing and fights

Always more and more strifes

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My friends and comrades

Wounded and dying

While I was left

Praying and crying

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Bombs went off,

During the night,

From bomber planes

Overhead in flight

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Finally, after decades,

But was only seven, long years

The war was over, and I sent home

Sent across the sea, so clear

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I was battered,

I was bruised,

I was broken,

I was used

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Years went on,

I found a wife

Children and a home

- I started a new life.

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But every year, on August fifteenth

I remember them, my friends,

Who were courageous, but feared,

Who left us, trying to make amends.

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Who fought for their country

Who were slaughtered and died

Never knowing the freedom,

…Or the pride.

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