It started off with the second verse, where I was trying to give a focus on the loneliness and isolation The festive season can bring. My mind had other ideas and the poem developed its own story.
Life in the Company has been hard We hardly ever seem to get a rest Which is why I am sending you this card While hoping it all turns out for the best Now my name it disappears before me No longer on your lips, to say hello Always thought that you would be there for me Never, ever wanted you to go Tragedy creeps on you like a whisper Climbing into our lives like Quebec Everything secure in the castle on high Then the whirlwind turns it to a wreck I hope that you have settled down in England And that they treat you well on foreign shores This cold slit trench is still protecting Until we go fight Ivan again, once more Going to have to stop, I see our Sergeant Stirring the Company to its feet I love you and I hope to see you come home Freedom once again on our street That how Olga’s letter ended Addressed to her in an unknown hand With a note that came from a Company Commander Telling of her Husband’s final stand Telling what a great Soldier he had been A true national hero at the age of… Nineteen
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