38+ Lest We Forget Poem Background. Email this poem to a friend. This is a spoken word poem i originally performed around anzac day 2015.
Its just a few verses which convey some personal thoughts and emotions based on the battles of the first world war, in particular, the battle of the somme on the.
Forget i ever said any of this. Lest we not forget is a misnegation, like a double negative. Drown my sorrows, in the oceans i swim, while my heart lest i forget, that i was so much more, when i made the wine i now just drink, a student of life. Lest i forget, the person i am, while i travel this dark and dreary road.