09/11/2024
Honouring our silent heroes this remembrance week 🕊 A poem to start off our Friday morning as we remember the brave animals who stood alongside soldiers in times of conflict.
Silent Service:
In fields of poppies, red and bright,
lie tales of courage, sacrifice and might.
Not only soldiers, brave and true,
but animals, too, who saw it through.
The horses charged with hearts ablaze,
through mud and fire, in smoke filled haze.
They bore the weight, they knew no fear,
In every hoofbeat, a silent tear.
The messenger pigeons, wings unfurled,
carried hope across a war torn world.
Through skies of peril, they flew their part.
With precious words to heal the heart.
The dogs who ran through fields of dread,
sniffing danger, forging ahead.
With loyalty fierce, they served and stayed.
In trenches dark, where soldiers prayed.
And cats on ships kept rodents at bay,
in storm tossed seas and skies of gray.
Each small paw, each gentle purr,
a comfort found amidst the stir.
So on this day, let us recall,
the animals who gave their all.
with silent service brave and deep.
their memories, in peace, we keep.
