Freedom's Way

Flowers red,
Bodies drowned,
In a sea of tears,
Their souls be bound.

Vigor and demise come as one,
As in the air lies the scent of the gun,
Is it the end of the world as we know it,
Are we done?

Macabre horror this place once was,
Perilous battlefield this place once was,
Engulfed in war the world once was,
Fought for us this war once was.

Gone forever, but may it not be forgotten,
We ate fruit while they ate mutton,
This is a retrospection,
Of their collaboration in Canadian liberation.

By Natasha Arseneau