11 November 2012
Mummy what's that flower for? Mummy no-one's talking any more Mummy that man looks really sad Mummy has something happened, something bad? Mummy that man wiped his eyes Mummy you said daddies never cry Mummy let's get out of here Mummy is daddy coming home this year?
She gently took her son's small hand He's still too young to understand He's not quite ready for the truth His daddy's dead, and he'll need proof Maybe next year he'll be old enough To take the news, it'll be tough Then perhaps they can both remember All year, and not just in November
The last post softly drained away Shoppers got on with their day Silence over, observed so well By those who in this world still dwell Those who don't looked on with a smile They'd been remembered for a while Every emotion today is stirred By the loudest silence they'd ever heard...
'Lest We Forget...'
Observed • Opuss № I