The Somme of Us – 12 June 2017

Written for Russell Crowe originally as has links to The Sum of Us, Gladiator and young gay male suicide.

For King
For Queen
For the People
and the Land.

One step, Bravery
One step, Fear
One step, Absent
As the time draws near.

Where for art thou?
You ‘Intelligentsia’, you Givers,
You Rulers and Administrators.

Left hand, Jitters
Right hand, Loads
Both hands, Lock
As the heart draws closed.

Lion, of Battle.
Bird, of Hope.
Messenger untrusted
So to ash we go.