Leave me here
to push up flowers.
Foreign soil, sweet and quiet,
reminds me of Mother.
Years later my bones
are scattered like poems,
yet my song is found
blooming under the sun.
* Thanks to: Private Norman Eric Beard, who was killed in action at Boursles, France, on April 6, 1917. He was 24 and has no known grave. For details of his story, please see “Postcard inspires historian’s hunt for Oatlands’ lost soldiers“.
Voices under the Sun 陽光下的聲音 