Thomas Henry Reynolds

Still I lie awake at night whilst all around me sleep.

When others rest in tranquil dream, I lonely lie and weep,
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You gave them covering fire, as your team withdrew.
you were badly wounded, but they knew that you'd pull through.
But the Chopper was delayed on that fateful day,
You men stood guard around you as your lifeblood drained away.
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We rode up to the snack bar on that summer day.
Dave on a Triumph, Jake on a Norton, me on my B.S.A.
We were there to see her the girl with the sea green eyes.
She was every young man's dream, a magnet for the guys.
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The tobacco barons shall not mourn you, for they knew not your name,

they knew not of the tumors in your liver lung and brain.
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Obscene the landmine lies in wait the child's small foot to find

to trigger off the deadly blast, to kill to maim, to blind.
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