I was going through a rough period of my life<\/p>\n
Although nothing was particularly amiss<\/p>\n
I just felt that the very essence of history was under threat<\/p>\n
And that I was witnessing its slow destruction<\/p>\n
This happened again to me today as I was crossing an old airfield<\/p>\n
That had unrestricted views over the sea and the nearby countryside<\/p>\n
In the corner of the field I noted a pathetic drunk staring blankly into the sky<\/p>\n
When I thought of all the brave airmen who had been based here<\/p>\n
I felt angry for them that their memories were being soiled<\/p>\n
By the little man who was sitting hunched on small bench half hidden by the trees<\/p>\n
It was then that my wife told told me that the poor man was witnessing the light<\/p>\n
A light that I could not see no matter how hard I tried as my obsession with history<\/p>\n
Had blinded me and was slowly taking me into a darkness of my own creation<\/p>\n
She suggested that I forget about the ghosts on the past and the history present<\/p>\n
And quietly make my way to the coastal road where I might find a certain peace<\/p>\n
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