Suicide in the Trenches

[Abu Pepe]

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Suicide in the Trenches is a poem by Siegfried Sassoon, written during his First World War military service and published in his 1918 collection: Counter-Attack and Other Poems.

Music by John Henry Hannah
Enginered by Reese Perkins
Vocals by Wendy Colona

I knew a simple soldier boy.....
Who grinned at life in empty joy,
Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
And whistled early with the lark.

In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
He put a bullet through his brain.
And no one spoke of him again.

You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go.

[cilla4progress]

1. War is hell and

Purposeless

All I can ask is why

Humanity...so flawed

[Abu Pepe]

3. Primates battling for resources

Not using the front parts of their brains to cooperate

[FM123]

2. Profound.

[Abu Pepe]

4. Thank you

Posted this a while back and just saw the replies

[cilla4progress]

5. It also occurred to me

We are ALL crabs in the barrel...

Thank you.