Onwards!!!

Nobody knows how tired we are,

Tired we are, tired we are,

Nobody knows how tired we are,

And nobody cares.

-Marching Song, WWI, sang to the tune of 'The Wheels of the Bus Go Round and Round'

We're here because we're here because

We're here because we're here

We're here because we're here because

We're here because we're here...

-Soldier's song, sung to the tune of 'Auld Lang Syne'

Devouring thought crying in a dream,

Men crumpled, going down...

Go on, Go.

Deafness. Numbness. The loudening tornado.

Bullets. Mud. Stumbling and skating.

My voice's strangled shout;

"Steady pace, boys!"

The still light; gladness,

"Look, sir! Look out!"

Ha! Ha! Bunched figures waiting.

Revolver levelled quick!

Flick! Flick!

Red as blood.

Germans. Germans.

Good! O good!

Cool madness.

-The Assault, Robert Nichols

One thing I must say is that the reading assignments here are far more interesting than what they force you to read back in Malaysia. These poems are all part of a book on WWI trench warfare that I'm reading. Cheerios!