Where was the blue sky today
and where the radiant sun?
wind biting, up to the mount we ride
my joy is difficult to hide.
no strident shadows from the copper trees
no magpies chattering in the mist
nothing for everyman to please
but by You my heart was sweetly kissed.
Slow by red earth fields we ride
down to the bay of Puy
where 10,000 soldiers died
no earthly mother by their side
Were you there sorrowful Mother dear
did they hear your whispers in their fear
that comforted them at their last breath
and left them in a peaceful death?
L. Ivison 2025 copyright.
N.B. The bay of Puy is near Dieppe where 10 000 young men died on one day in WW2
