War, Memories & Soldiers

• Amelia Tait, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2019

Alfred saw those mean German soldiers run past,
It was all happening so fast,
Why was Hitler so determined?
Why did he want to take control of the Germans?
Why did he want to start a war?
And what was that war for?
All those poor things that boy had thought,
He had to watch as everyone fought,
He wished those deep dark days would be over,
But he could only get such luck from a four leaf clover,
How many hours a day did he cry,
And how many times did he think he would die,
Then he remembered what his mother once said,
There is always light at the end of the tunnel, Alfred.