Attrition
He wore them
until he wore them out completely …
Only then did he break them
but he did not break them cleanly …
That, is the true nature of war
regardless of what they may try and teach you …
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Author:
Neville (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Lest we should forget ..... this is just a gentle reminder not to ....
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Oh what a meaningful title to your reminder of what not to do - - --
- -to use this method of wearing down by constant attack must take minds of solid unfeeling rock-hard determination to conquer and to control - -- a heart-wrenching read my dear Nev.
The so called Great War 1914 - 1918 or World War 1 .. the war to end all wars .. was pretty much a war of attrition ... and one of two periods in time that I seem to have such an affinity with ...
Many thanks for looking beyond the title here Fay .... always appreciated ..
Neville
A fine write N.
Thanks Orchidee ...
Ever since I saw the Series, the images are imprinted on my mind. Your few words have jarred this reality back to life.
Thanks
and thank you my friend for popping in .. an unexpected but always welcome visitor to any page of mine ...
... Neville
So true Neville.
"We will remember them"
Andy
................................. thank you Andy sir ... we surely must .. no greater sacrifice ...... .. ......
the absurd chain of haphazardly circumstantial events that manipulated a simmering but stable Europe into the bloodshed of horror that was WW1 is quite simply: mind boggling, to read it now is like reading some far-fetched plot of a fictional story...
only it's not fictional and the horrors and consequences are sill prevalent a century later...
even more horrifyingly: is the haunting realisation that humanity has learnt little from having experienced a century of two horrific world wars...
Attrition, indeed: I smile at people's notion that Hell is an ideology reserved for the afterlife...
you've penned a wonderfully worded empathetic write, on a subject that triggers me easily
and for what its worth my literary friend .. I find myself struggling to find words fine enough to thank you with the intensity & depth your comments above instil within me .. no kiddin .... thank you for such a reasoned and well rounded gift ...
Ya can't beat a bit of attriting, if that's even a word?!
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