"THE WALK OF A VETERAN"
-- J (a 13-year old Grade 8 student)
Slowly walking along the Flanders Fields,
I spied a woman kneeling and weeping.
Dimly I remember the battlefield,
I remember over the trench leaping ...
I think back to the battle I dreaded.
Then, I wonder why this woman is here --
She may be here to remember the dead,
Or to pray for her son, her lovely dear.
I go and ask her, "For what are you here?"
"I pray for my son," she replies to me.
"He died in the war and is buried here."
"I am sorry," I said to her softly.
So, on this day of remembrance, we must
Be remembering those who fought for us!
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