We’re nearly up to Remembrance Day, a special day for veterans and their families, but also for the people who march in the parade perhaps for the first time …
THE WAR AMPS KID
the boy marches 
to the beat
of the military band
always half a step
out of time
his cap slightly
askew weapon slanted
a fraction out of true
but pride
and absolute joy
shines in his eyes
at being there
with his mates
in the Remembrance Parade
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My father came back from War, and that is all that mattered for while, until i understood that he brought back the war with him, and it would never go away .
You are so right, the men who returned carried heavy burdens, almost impossible to
share.