Christmas Truce (poem)

By Luke Labern

(Written 24/12/2009:)

"I found this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce) today and it inspired me to write this poem. I wasn't sure what to write about on Christmas Eve as most people just want to relax and have fun, but I still wanted to write something with a slither of importance so I thought I'd highlight this incredible yet poignant act during war just to prove how pointless it really is and how the human spirit can find peace even on a battlefield. It's incredible."

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In-between bomb shells
Both past and present
Rang Armistice bells.
A pause from torment
Met German and English
Muddy and cold;
Many millions' wish
That peace we could hold.

Christmas carols, not death.
Decorations.
A human pause for breath --
Celebrations.
Not the last World War,
But all the same,
Silence recovers raw
Pain: "how they act sane!"

The heart draped with gold
At the sight of pause;
Can't you see the mould?
"The end of all wars."
I wish the deaths would cease;
For one day they did --
A rare glimpse at peace
Which I find splendid.

A Poem,
Published 02 March 2012

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