Blood Red Poppies

During the battle of the Somme, France,1916, the British British sustained 60,000 casualties on the first day. Torrential rains turned the battlefield into a quagmire. In one month, the Allies advanced five miles at the cost of 450,000 German.200,000 French and 420,000 British lives. I lost two uncles. Blood red poppies sway Over silent fields Where birds no longer sing. Once big guns roared With young men Suffering terror in the mud. Chaplains searched for God Finding him gassed and bloody Crucified upon the wire One poppy lost among thousands.