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Ghosts of the Fields

from Calm Before The Storm by Dave Semple

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I don’t believe in war. Really, who does?
Yet, I admire those who serve, who put their lives on the line, but I also believe that we need to take better care of them when they return home, physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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Ghosts Of The Fields

They answered the call. Left family behind,
With tears in their hearts and prayers for the time.
With fear on their face, one last embrace.
They left their home soil to stand in harm’s way.

They carry our flag and stand for us all.
For those who return there are cracks in the walls.
Souls re-arranged. Body and mind.
They carry the dark. Have we left them behind?

Ghosts of the fields with their comrades in arms.
Their blood on the ground.
Ghosts in country remain. Their last breath of air,
So foreign; so strained.
Ghosts, now with tears in their eyes. Tears for those who survived,
Who we’ve left behind.

They carry the scars. We can’t comprehend.
The nightmare of wars ever etched. Cannot mend.
They still feel the dawn and see sunset’s glow.
We must make good on the debts that we owe.

The torch, raised on high, or did we break faith,
With those who died?
They cannot sleep though poppies grow
In Flander’s Fields.
We dishonour the dead, when we abandon those who survive,
And are still left behind.

Ghosts of the fields where no monuments rise.
No flag in the sky.
Ghosts who lower their eyes for those who survived.
It was easy to die.
Shame, when governments lie to those who offered their lives,
And are still left behind.


© Dave Semple – 1 May 2014

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from Calm Before The Storm, released November 29, 2017
Instrumentation and vocals by Dave Semple

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Dave Semple London, Ontario

Born in Montreal and raised in Noranda, Quebec, Dave is a graduate of the University of Windsor and has lived the last 30 years in London, Ontario as an educator, musician, actor, director, songwriter, and novelist. Playing live with just a guitar is THE BEST, but Dave loves spending time in his studio filling out the sound layers. Story is everything. ... more

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