As we reflect on D-Day after 80 years… Were they filled with expectation? A hymn
Were they filled with expectation?
Did their minds well up with dreams?
Was there pent anticipation;
fear and joy, such tense extremes?
Now the weary, frightened, broken,
find their way to love and life;
strange adjustment, words unspoken,
tension still beyond that strife.
We will hold you as God holds you,
proud or tossing in your sleep,
try to share each hidden feeling,
understand what war can reap.
We will walk this road beside you,
we will always show respect,
we will love and go on loving ,
never lose you or forget.
And to those whose life is ended,
and to others who still grieve,
may God's love enfold and bless us,
when it's hardest to believe.
May we walk into the future
as this time becomes the past;
through each attitude and action
may remembrance live and last.
Andrew Pratt Words © 2010 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk
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Metre: 8 7 8 7 D
Tune: ST WINIFRED (Dunman) – ‘Cradled in manger meanly’.
A single poppy (c) Andrew Pratt
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