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Voices from Passchendaele (2)



Horror has a funny tale after the event
the peaceful repose
the ugliness
is covered by glorious shades of green,
but in these dark tempestuous woods
lies a battle,
a story most misunderstood.

There for those to whom do care
tells a tale of anguish and horror
a person is to supposedly bare.

But when all is left and quiet
the stain of man is ever present
in those to whom shall mow this ground
for although no apparent sound
the meaning of pain belies the ears
as filled by the enormous flood
of eons of years of tears.

May 1st, 2011
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