Administrative and medical staff were
seconded to process the thousands eager to fight for King and Country.
Some areas experienced overwhelming numbers and many young men were turned away with an appointment to come back another
day.
Little did they know the horrors that would greet them on the Western Front.
TURQUOISE SKY
The child’s eyes are full of fear. He sees
light subtly altered, fields pulsating red.
Be a brave soldier, his mother soothes
and tucks him back in bed.
His father’s eyes are full of fear. He yells:
Get ready Men. Men tremble in the pit
then go over the top, following his shout.
Soldiers in dirty khaki kit.
No time for words or thoughts of home.
Only a moment to glance upwards and spy
something silver falling towards him
out of a turquoise sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntt3wy-L8Ok
The child’s eyes are full of fear. He sees
light subtly altered, fields pulsating red.
Be a brave soldier, his mother soothes
and tucks him back in bed.
His father’s eyes are full of fear. He yells:
Get ready Men. Men tremble in the pit
then go over the top, following his shout.
Soldiers in dirty khaki kit.
No time for words or thoughts of home.
Only a moment to glance upwards and spy
something silver falling towards him
out of a turquoise sky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntt3wy-L8Ok
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