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    Default 1000 men walking

    An amazing poem that will probably stand the test of time. I'm betting a higher power guided this young man's pen that day.


    https://www.mapleleafdiscounts.ca/bl...en-are-walking



    REMEMBRANCE - ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKING
    22 Oct
    Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school in the UK to write a poem for Remembrance Day. An hour later (without any help) he produced this..


    ONE THOUSAND MEN ARE WALKING:


    One thousand men are walking
    Walking side by side
    Singing songs from home
    The spirit as their guide
    they walk toward the light milord
    they walk towards the sun
    they smoke and laugh and smile together
    no foes to outrun
    these men live on forever
    in the hearts of those they saved
    a nation truly grateful
    for the path of peace they paved
    they march as friends and comrades
    but they do not march for war
    step closer to salvation
    a tranquil steady corps
    the meadows lit with golden beams
    a beacon for the brave
    the emerald grass untrampled
    a reward for what they gave
    they dream of those they left behind
    and know they dream of them
    forever in those poppy fields
    there walks one thousand men

    Joshua Dyer 2019 (aged 14)
    Lest we forget

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    My first thought was that the author would grow up to be some kind of leader.

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    Its a truism.

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