I visit London frequently although to be quite truthful I tend to pass through <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But yesterday I found that I had time to spare before my onward journey <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So I used my vacancy to look at both St Pancras and Kings X in more detail <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was whilst I was exploring that I purchased a small book of poetry <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These poems were by Wilfred Owen who I admire greatly <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anthem for Doomed Youth stood out for me as it was a perfect poem <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not a word or image was wasted in this incredibly painful work <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I later sat under the small trees between these great stations <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And thought of these boys in their first gleamings of manhood <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Laying down their lives for their great and beloved country <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were many young men of similar ages passing me by <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And I wondered how many of them actually loved their country<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This country which had nurtured and cared for them without reward <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I do not think that it had entered their minds or was likely to do so <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some were dressed in ridiculous fashions which totally ridiculed them <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And others just seemed to be confused with their own identity <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If a conflict started would these be the brave soldiers of yesterday <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or would they be the cowards who might hide behind the maternal aprons <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was a sobering thought and I wondered if these soldiers could see us now <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What would they might make of the complete chaos of manhood today <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joe <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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