Tuesday, 9 September 2014

MAORI BATTALION POEM

I STAND HERE NOW NOT A MAN IN SIGHT
DARK CLOUDS ONLY, NOT A TINGE OF LIGHT 
I MEANT NO HARM, I JUST FOLLOWED MY RIGHTS
I LOOK UP TO GOD AND ASK HIM WHY I WAS IN THIS FIGHT

I TRAINED SO HARD I FELT LIKE A STALLION 
PROMISED MY MOTHER I'D FIGHT WITH THE BATTALION
CROSSED MY HEART WITH MY HAND UP HIGH
KNOWING THAT ITALY IS WHERE I WILL LIE

I SENT MY LOVE TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY
BUT THE NEWS THEY RECEIVED SHOCKED THEM SADLY
NOW I WILL PROMISE FROM UP ABOVE
THAT GOD WILL GRANT ME ONLY PEACE AND LOVE

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