Wearing a light summer frock
Patterned design of little
flowers
A small boy of seven or
eight years old
Leans on his Mums right leg
With a serious sad sullen
expression
Eyes on the camera lock
On the mothers other knee
A small girl
Little more than a baby
Hair, ribbon tied, a curly
shock
A ringlet falls over her
forehead
A satin bow fights to hold an
unruly lock
Both children reflect the look in mother’s
eyes
Both sadly missing their
soldier Father
Away serving in the Army
In his regiments Army block
The war not over until
Some years have passed
And by then the little girl
Is as old as the boy is in the photograph
The image sits beneath the
clock
The professional photo taken
As a reminder
Whilst he
fights for his country
To keep his family safe.
Their worried faces
Another reminder
Of how much they
love him
How badly they want him to
come home again.
The photo now a crumpled block
Kept in a pocket next to his
heart
All through those
Terrifying war years
When the huge searchlights
Of night skies take stock
When sirens wailed
Before bombs dropped
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