The first lieutenant leas us though
over the top into the mud
We had no choice we had to go
Though why I’ve never understood.
We couldn’t charge we had to trudge
There seemed to be no solid ground
the effing world was full of sludge
and if you fell you would be drowned.
We over ran a German trench
much like the one we left behind.
It had the same familiar stench
and like our own badly designed.
How I survived I do not know
But I got home still in one piece
I still feel guilty sometimes though
And seldom sleep the night in peace.
Remember then the fighting men,
The men like simple Sammy Brown.
Who lived to see his home again
unlike his mates who were mown down.
Though Sammy lived to ninety three
he never could forget the past.
He lies In Highgate cemetery
his epitaph reads Peace at last.
Justice, Peace and Love
By Michael P. Johnson, from New Silksworth, Sunderland
For justice, truth and peace to flow
Love too has fruit to bear
United must become all four
And practiced everywhere
True justice cannot stand alone
It needs of truth and peace
When love becomes the corner stone
Sweet fruit will never cease
Let's drink The Truth as sweet old wine
Let love live not in vane
Mix justice now with peace divine
Allow harmony reign
For justice without love is nought
Peace without truth’s a lie
Until the world this fact is taught
Condemned she’s bound to die
To facts of life she must be wise
Her children need to see
Until they look with open eyes
Salvation cannot be
When truth and peace they understand
When love becomes her root
When justice lifts her outstretched hand
She’ll bear the sweetest fruit
Let candour be a constant guide
Integrity wear a crown
Impartiality reign in side
With love as wedding gown
Allow love’s wisdom steadfast rule
Truth’s knowledge change one’s heart
Let peace become our daily tool
Let justice play her part.
Joy and Peace and Love
From Carmela Patterson, from U.S, L.A
Year's end is swiftly encroaching,
Leaving the present year behind,
The New Year is fast approaching,
The goals we sought, did we find?
Were we satisfied with mediocrity?
Did we strive for so much less?
Did we flaunt an air of superiority?
Did we make of ourselves a pitiable mess?
The time is coming for a new resolution
The New Year offers new promise and h ope
We plead with God for His absolution
And trust in His mercy to help us cope.
Starting afresh, let us begin the New Year
By recalling His Tenets and His Law
Remembering that He is always near
Ready to catch us if and when we fall.
Seas may rage and oceans may heave
And fall we shall ~ but do not always fear it
For Jesus told us that He will never leave
Through the Power of His Holy Spirit.
Spiritual things are seen and unseen
It is within the soul we come to know it;
In evaluating our walk we see where we've been
Growing in holiness ~ or ~ wallowing in sin
Forgiveness is needed without a doubt
And when it is given we want to shout
for and with
Joy and Peace and Love
All Blessings from God above!
Joy and Peace and Love!!
Joy and Peace and Love!!!
Is Peace by God the Whole Pictured Plan
By Michael Gale, from Oklahoma
Put one foot in front of thy other…
Helping of man to man should not be a bother fro' any other brother.
Brother of man…
Yes ye can.
Should shared assistance be the master plan? …
That's how life's rules should be planned as ran.
Why be alive and living in 'The Brotherhood Of Man'? …
If we cannot dole out peace in God's own land?
Why be a slave to terror of the heart? …
Why be a whore to war's own art?
Let's all help out our own fellow man…
Yes we can-That should be the whole master plan, all you old and young woman or man.
Inner Peace
By David Moe, from Alaska
So much has been written
About peace in the world,
Peace on earth, peace be with you,
Shalom.
Peace is more
Than the absence of war,
More than tolerance
More than acceptance.
There can never be peace
Between individuals or nations,
Until we are at peace with ourselves
That inner peace that passes understanding.
In Search of Peace
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