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Pathway to Chungkai

By Maurice Rooney

 

Now that we have strolled along the pathway

Up from the river to the graves at Chungkai

To witness the solitude and beauty

Of the cemetery where a Son and Brother lie.

 

And we who've made this special journey

A pilgrimage we all have shared

Wonder why so many perished

While we who returned were spared.

 

Flowers, shrubs and trees have been planted

Tended with care through all the years

Plaques with name and epitaph printed

We read through freely flowing tears.

 

The prison camps have all now vanished

Grown over by jungle and lost in time

But the graves we see are grim reminders

Of men who were taken in their prime

 

We have this feeling he know of our presence

Just why its hard to explain

But our journey have achieved a sense of purpose

To be with him just for a while again

 

And all those who sleep out here in Thailand

And other Far East war graves o'er the sea

Will never ever be forgotten

By us who live on, forever free

By Maurice Rooney

 

 

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