Sunday November 12th will soon be here, Poppy Day
When we remember those who gave their lives away
It is a time to remember lives affected by war
All the horrors that people saw
The planes flying overhead
People hiding under beds
Children being sent away
Mothers crying on that day
Crumbling houses all around
Children scared of the sound
Mothers and daughters working at home
Rationing and making sure crops are sown
Fathers and Sons fighting hard
No mobile phones only send a card.
Hidden down deep in the trench
Trying to ignore that awful stench.
A war that many never understood
What Hitler wanted was no good.
Why would he want to rid the Jews?
That was really not good news
The Second World War ended at last.
To be remembered as a time in the past
Hitler defeated but at such a great cost
Millions injured and 50 million lost.
SUMMER WOOLDRIDGE (aged 9)
Cirencester
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