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Fight, fight against the night Race to the dawn Far from home are we in this our billet damp and dark Band of brothers, All for one, One for all This will not be my end, you'll see. Nor theirs, brave friends, strong and true We rage once more against the enemy Fight, fight against the night The skies above scream with such thunderous voice For us to go to fate unknown No! No! I will not fall, for once again dawns light I'll see A flicker of the suns golden rays Will save me from this hell, this purgatory             Fight, fight against the night My ears crave a kind whisper My lips long for the gentle kiss of home My hands to once again touch the door And enter to warm embraces And love Ah love, I miss this most of all Desperately clinging to memories of brighter days Hoping, endlessly for peace to fall Fight, fight against the night My comrades with me, Now my kin, together to the end Spirits high we smile through adversity We have no want to show our sorrow For we are feeling, aching, longing as one Duplicated in our grief and its severity Fight, fight against the night My hands they shake through cold and fear Both bite through every layer I have Tonight again we fight For freedom, Fight for what we left behind For loved ones waiting, praying, wishing To see us back on England's shore For we are men no more than that But in our strength we will defeat What lies beyond the barbs we see Through mist and smoke On, on to meet our destiny.
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 8:26 AM UTC
FIGHT AGAINST THE NIGHT
Fight, fight against the night Race to the dawn Far from home are we in this our billet damp and dark Band of brothers, All for one, One for all This will not be my end, you'll see. Nor theirs, brave friends, strong and true We rage once more against the enemy Fight, fight against the night The skies above scream with such thunderous voice For us to go to fate unknown No! No! I will not fall, for once again dawns light I'll see A flicker of the suns golden rays Will save me from this hell, this purgatory             Fight, fight against the night My ears crave a kind whisper My lips long for the gentle kiss of home My hands to once again touch the door And enter to warm embraces And love Ah love, I miss this most of all Desperately clinging to memories of brighter days Hoping, endlessly for peace to fall Fight, fight against the night My comrades with me, Now my kin, together to the end Spirits high we smile through adversity We have no want to show our sorrow For we are feeling, aching, longing as one Duplicated in our grief and its severity Fight, fight against the night My hands they shake through cold and fear Both bite through every layer I have Tonight again we fight For freedom, Fight for what we left behind For loved ones waiting, praying, wishing To see us back on England's shore For we are men no more than that But in our strength we will defeat What lies beyond the barbs we see Through mist and smoke On, on to meet our destiny.
I wrote this poem after reading a wonderful book by Julia Lee Dean called And I Shall Be Healed. It was such a beautiful book. I am hoping to write more on the subject of WW1 .
#war#zone#ww1
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Jun 5, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 at 8:26 AM UTC
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