Agatha

Poem to a British Soldier About to Die by Saoirse Blake

You came into his country,

You’ve attacked his family

He didn’t know what you want, or why you want what you wanted.

He believed in a peaceful world,

Where there is no difference between race and creed,

Where there is no war and greed.

But you and your country are a danger to his family,

For already eight-hundred years and another coming eight-hundred years.

So take a last look at him

At the closure of your life,

As he protects his family against you,

Young British soldier.