A Soldier's Remembrance.

Confined inside my wheeled chair,
The ghosts of friends surround me,
Gunshots, screaming, cannon fire,
The echoes still confound me.

I hear then in my head at night,
They haunt my every day,
My legs immobile, arms won't work,
Reminded in every way.

The songs we used to sing at dawn,
A lullaby to me,
A twanging pain, but 'CARRY ON',
War is all I see.

When countless people say no words,
I'll be the one in tears,
That silence means so much to me,
Representing all my fears.

I lost a friend, two friends, a group,
A brother, cousin, more,
Today's the day to remember them,
That's what 'Remembrance' is for.

But I remember them every day of my life.