Vimy 100 Years Since...

Vimy

100 years since…
By Arlene Levin  (c) 2019

On the hill at Vimy

as far as the eye can see

boots and shoes stand

two by two upright and proud.

Here is where the soldiers stood

and fought and crawled and died.

Pressed into battle field mud

bodies melted, never to be found…

All that remained were their boots and shoes,

maybe a locket, a dog tag, a wedding ring.

With sadness reaching out

no one is just an observer.

Look down.

Shoes and boots cover our feet

as they did back then.

I wiggle my toes

and accept a new connection with the past.

We walk every day in freedom.

Every step we take in our shoes and boots

affirm a new found reverence…

Now wiggle your toes...