lest we forget

lest we forget

grave in Greenacres (pronounced grin-akers) Cemetery, Oldham, Lancashire, May 2009

I found this really moving, always felt for those who lost their lives in the massacre that was WWI and this representation of a soldier just spoke to me.

What passing bells for these who die as cattle?
Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds

Anthem For Doomed Youth – Siegfried Sassoon

photo +40 saturation, then cross processed in Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

Nikon D60
AF-S NIKKOR 18-55 DX VR

Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 52 mm
ISO Speed: 200

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