The War Is Remembered
No more gunfires, no cannon shells,
But their resonance lingers on;
No more tortures nor prison cells,
Yet the pain would never be gone;
Mourn for comrades who fought and fell
And the savageries undergone;
Died in the course or lived through hell,
For those that lived, must live on !
Live on to tell the crimes of war :
Beastly aggressors worse than beasts,
Slayed own beings in blood and gore,
Regard for human not in the least.
Aggressions must be deplored
And the killings to be ceased !
Humanity ought to be restored
For the sufferings be released !
Thus was the cause to pursue,
Dared to challenge and sacrifice;
For the dream of peace to come true,
Unhesitated to pay any price;
Hunger, diseases, were all gone through,
Endured being dehumanized;
Survived to fight on, but never withdrew,
Carried the will of the martyrized.
The right, the wrong, were clearly discerned -
Virtuous conviction won without fail;
Inhumanity finally overturned -
The doom of guilt and conscience betrayal.
Tragedy in life, the war was concerned,
The unreturned are missed and wailed;
Not taken for granted, the peace was earned,
Let peace be cherished and be hailed !
M. E. Wong, Toronto, Canada. March 31, 1997
A tribute to our war veterans and martyrs
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