Lest we forget
The First World War
They said
Ground soaked
With blood
With countless dead
Lest we forget
Another World War
More death, maimed, dying
Millions dispossessed
Millions murdered
Millions scarred by war.
They said
Our young
died for freedom
They said
they died
For no more war
Lest we forget
So many deaths
Millions of deaths
And we keep going
Back
For more
I say
While we forget
Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine
While there’s one war
Anywhere
We spit on the memory
of our dead
Lest we forget?
I say
We have forgotten
Artwork by Jackie Benney. Published with permission of the artist.
