A most solemn day approaches on November 11, 2018. One hundred years have passed since the agreement was written to end the fighting in Europe. The four years of battle between many nations, fought most vigorously in Belgium and France.
“In Flanders Field the poppies blow, between the crosses, row on row…”
Be humbled by the great loss of life. Of the men who fought and died. The villagers caught in the middle of armies at war. The farms and fields lost to shot and shell. The horses, the brave horses and mules killed as they carried supplies and guns to the battlefield. The farm animals, cows, chickens and goats scattered and frightened by it all. The birds, insects and all life forms in the forest lost.
Remember the Earth. It felt the impact too. The shells that blazed out of guns and cannon for four long years. Look at these old trenches. Think of the men who lived in them for a while, died in them and came out of them shattered forever.
This is what happens when humans cannot resolve conflicts in peaceable voices. This is what remains. So, consider the arrogance of man to say, we are the most evolved animal on earth. Be humble and remember it is 100 years anniversary since the War to end all Wars concluded.
So, what have we learned since then?
In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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