VE Day
“My dear friends this is your hour”
Your time to celebrate our freedom
From your locked down world,
Where all seems grim and bleak,
Where normality seems a distant memory
How life now would have been
So different though, but for the sacrifice
of the brave men and women of our land
Who gave all to protect this country from a visible foe
Today we should have been wrapped
In each other’s arms dancing in the street
Sharing a toast and hope with our loved ones
In hostelries in towns and cities, at the coast and in villages
But here we are shut down at home
Looking out onto the world outside
That’s waiting to embrace us again
That’s waiting to celebrate defeating the unseen enemy
The killer of so many innocent friends and family
Our troops are our heroes, the medics and key workers
Who risk their lives so that future generations
Will be able to lift their glasses
Toast our generation for defeating this invisible foe
It won’t just be victory in Europe but victory for the world.
In the meantime let’s take a quiet moment
Raise your glass and say cheers,
For those who laid the foundation for peace
In our country, for 75 years.
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