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Array ( [sid] => 92051 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Leave Us to Sleep [time] => 2005-04-23 22:02:06 [hometext] => On the eve of the 90th Anzac Day ceremony, there remains a lot of outrage about the desecration of Gallipoli graves and features to build roads and car parks for the increasing number of tourists. Here are my sentiments. [bodytext] =>

The scarred landscape holds its sin
So many soldiers buried within
Turks and Diggers, whom Death did reap
- Leave them to sleep.

All those years beneath the earth
Heroes all, for what it's worth
We thought that they were buried deep
- Leave them to sleep.

The yearly pilgrimage to where they dwell
At peace now, where once was hell
Don't disturb what memories keep
- Leave them to sleep.

A part of us in a foreign land
Left to mingle with the sun-baked sand
Then and now the families weep
- Leave them to sleep.

So many young men with hopes and dreams
Who sacrificed all to war's extremes
The cost of peace is never cheap
- Leave us to sleep.
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Leave Us to Sleep

Contributed by spike on Saturday, 23rd April 2005 @ 10:02:06 PM in AEST
Topic: war

The scarred landscape holds its sin
So many soldiers buried within
Turks and Diggers, whom Death did reap
- Leave them to sleep.

All those years beneath the earth
Heroes all, for what it's worth
We thought that they were buried deep
- Leave them to sleep.

The yearly pilgrimage to where they dwell
At peace now, where once was hell
Don't disturb what memories keep
- Leave them to sleep.

A part of us in a foreign land
Left to mingle with the sun-baked sand
Then and now the families weep
- Leave them to sleep.

So many young men with hopes and dreams
Who sacrificed all to war's extremes
The cost of peace is never cheap
- Leave us to sleep.

Copyright © spike ... [ 2005-04-23 22:02:06]
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Re: Leave Us to Sleep (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Sunday, 1st May 2005 @ 01:41:49 PM AEST
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so very sad... beautifully written... hugs n' love nessa

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Re: Leave Us to Sleep (User Rating: 1 )
by Silent-No-More on Monday, 2nd May 2005 @ 08:29:29 AM AEST
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Well done, Spike! I particularly like the rhythm of this piece. It reads as both sensitive and insistent... rather a potent combination, I think.

You've honored your topic here - and I am glad not to have missed this...
~SNM~

Re: Leave Us to Sleep (User Rating: 1 )
by Wolfareen on Friday, 3rd June 2005 @ 05:30:38 AM AEST
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Oh wow. Hi Spike. I really liked this one, it evoked loads of images in my head, the death, the grief, the fighting but also the heroes of all that. I particularly liked the last line where you change it to "Leave us to sleep". So powerful. Wicked. Wolfareen xx

Re: Leave Us to Sleep (User Rating: 1 )
by Wild_Flame on Sunday, 25th September 2005 @ 11:24:32 PM AEST
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mood has be captured beautifuly!
nice work.

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