ON VE DAY (or Liberation for all of Europe Day)

On VE Day

My dad was there

And my mother too

They survived the war

And the celebrations too!

For dad not quite the end

Off to Palestine he went

Two more years

Before they married

This poet is grateful for that!

Your mum too, enjoyed the day

Dad still in Burma, far away

Victory delayed

Perhaps sweeter for that

A few months longer but he came back.

We missed the war by a few short years

But they knew what it took

To win the freedom we enjoy

To overcome the threat

The debt we owe, we haven't paid back yet.

Let's remember what they did

Let's remember what they saw

Let's celebrate their lives

Enjoy the day today

And never forget what they were fighting for.

Donald James Dolby ©2020

8th May 2020