How Many Poppies?
Here is a short poem I wrote last year in honour of our fallen:
How Many Poppies
How many poppies shall fall today?
A hundred? A thousand? I hear you say…
One for each hero who gave their life:
a husband/son/ father, a daughter/mum/wife.
For monarch and country they gave it their all,
no thought for themselves or their safety at all.
To keep us in freedom, to save us from harm,
so we could live our lives in a country that’s calm.
A thank you to each of those fighters we say,
that’s how many poppies shall fall today.
Cate Hayes 2015
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