Off Caps for Sgt David Raikes
WW2 Bomber Crew finally laid to rest today
BBC News - WWII bomber poet David Raikes is finally laid to rest
Sgt Raikes (Pilot) was also a fine poet
One’s waking eyes sought out the empty beds,
And ‘Damn’, you said, ‘another kit to pack’;
I never liked that part, you never knew
What privacies your sorting might lay bare.
I always tried to leave my kit arranged
In decent tidiness. You never knew.
But that is past. The healing river flows
And washes clean the wound with passing years.
We grieve not now. There was a time for tears,
When Death stood by us, and we dared not weep.
Let the seas close above them, and the dissolving deep.
God Bless you Sgt Raikes and your brave crew
Last edited by Epsilon minus; 18th Jul 2013 at 12:38.