Humanity Hallows Issue 5 Out Now
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By Zahra Arshad
Recruiting men to serve in the war
These men who have made us proud
To call Britain our country
All fighting to gain peace
Men of all ages not scared to fight
All have hopeful pieces of mind
Comes to a point, you’ve
Done your country right
Fighting all your life
Still the job isn’t done
So many have died for us
Died not for glory, but for peace
But still we don’t have it
So many terrible deaths
Causing grief and heartache
Pain that will stay with you
All have faced this world, head up straight
Poppies lay on your grave
To say our thankyous for what you did
For you have saved us from a war
They had gone to war
And fought for this country
Rarely got any new recruits
Fighting for what they know is right
And they’ve seen so many terrible things
A gun in their head, a wounded man
So many things they had seen
Never seen so many die right in front of me
Never stopped them from thinking of peace
Does not make it any harder to say goodbye
To those who have lost their lives
To those who fought and died
Pushed every fear they had away
It was either fight to survive or die trying
All faced it head on
All fought for their country
Even if it meant to die trying
Know you have done your country proud
Even if it meant ending with a poppy on your grave
Zahra is currently studying film and media studies at Manchester Met. When not attending lectures, she likes listening to music, reading and writing.
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