Monday, 30 August 2021

PEACE IN OUR TIME

 

When idle thoughts lead me back down Memory lane

I think of Mr Chamberlain stepping from the plane

Desperately clutching that piece of paper he waved

That promise of hope that Europe would be saved

 

How we all held that precious hope in our hearts

Before the promise of peace finally fell apart

And how that hope evaporated to leave me scared

When Chamberlains voice said war was declared

 

Hitler’s broken promise broke Neville’s heart

Another world war blew his appeasement apart

Then up steps Winston Churchill into the fray

His boldness and stiff resolve eventually won the day

A broken man, Chamberlain’s life came to an end

Many years before the war he tried so hard to prevent

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