<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419354" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Poem for V.E. Day</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Victory in Europe<br>Fifty years ago; <br>To some it doesn't mean a thing, <br>It happened long ago.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's just a thing they talk about, <br>Those old men down the street; <br>Todays kids cannot understand, <br>They never felt the heat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They never knew the torment, <br>The heartache, pain and death; <br>They've never seen a soldier<br>That's fighting for his breath.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The victory in Europe<br>Was certainly hard won<br>For who lost a brother, <br>A father or a son; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For men who gave the ultimate<br>Upon some foreign land; <br>A poppy for a head-stone<br>Now growing in the sand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This victory in Europe<br>About which now I write, <br>It made me free, <br>I'm glad I didn't have to go and fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm thankful that those old men, <br>The ones still living yet<br>Keep talking of V.E. day, <br>And won't let us forget.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Written May 1995</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Carter+Brown">John Carter Brown</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419354" data-title="Poem for V.E. Day de John Carter Brown" data-description="Victory in Europe Fifty years ago; To some it doesn't mean a thing, It happened long ago. It's just a thing they talk about, Those old men down the street; Todays kids cannot understand, They never felt the heat. They never knew the torment..."></div> </div> </div>

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