Sonnet for Drummer Lee Rigby, posted on behalf of Robin Parker from Langley Writers

by Katie Sheila Haigh

Friday 14th June 2013 6:04 pm

 

 

 

When soldiers travel as a fighting band,

Part of the risk is they might kill or die.

Back home in England’s green and pleasant land,

The sounds of battle are a far off cry.

Yet on the streets of London hatred sounds;

A young off duty soldier hacked to death.

Brave women out of kindness tend his wounds

And comfort him until his dying breath.

The far right see a chance to grab some fame,

Reprisals wreak on innocent Islam; 

The family cry ‘no, not in Lee’s name,

He would not wish to see his death cause harm’.

Such selfless thoughts when one of theirs lies dead;

A Langley lad he was, both born and bred.

 

© Robin Parker June 2013