Wilfred W. Gibson

THE MESSAGES

“I cannot quite remember… There were five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench – – and three
Whispered their last messages to me.”

Back from the trenches, more dead than alive,
Stone-deaf and dazed, and with a broken knee,
He hobbled slowly, muttering vacantly:

“I cannot quite remember… There were five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench, and three
Whispered their dying messages to me.

“Their friends and waiting, wondering how they thrive – –
Waiting a word in silence patiently.
But what they said, or who their friends may be

“I cannot quite remember… There where five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench – – and three
Whispered their dying messages to me.”

Written by Wilfred W. Gibson (WW1)