I never knew him
he was known
as Uncle G
my father's only brother
George by name
as came the Armistice
then he was killed.
When praying
on Remembrance Day
for Uncle G
I felt that I had known him
impossible because
I was not born
Realisation as an adult
presents the suffering,
the noise, the guns, the mud,
comrades around
some dead, some dying
very few survived
who seldom talked
about that war.