Mister Chamberlain Poem by Roy Blokker

Mister Chamberlain was wounded
At the Battle of the Somme.
He disappeared for seven months,
Lost to everyone.
He never did explain to me
How he made it back;
I was not yet ten years old:
Perhaps he thought I lacked
The ability to comprehend
All that pain and fear;
Perhaps he thought it would be best
In my tender years
Not to detail too graphically
Such horrific stuff -
Perhaps he held back, realized
I'd find out soon enough.