Europa Poets' Gazette No 89

On This Anzac Morn

I stand here reverently, tall and proud,

Watching on in silence.

The crowd gathers as one,

A testament to our countrymen,

Ordinary people who gave their lives

On a foreign shore.

I stand here reverently, tall and proud,

I pause to wonder why.

“How did these men do what they did?”

But I already know -

To defend those whom they love,

so far from home.

I stand here reverently, tall and proud,

So honoured, so inspired.

The sun has risen to light the dawn,

And shine upon us all

Their sacrifice remembered,

On this Anzac Morn.

© Declan Fahey 27.4.2011