The little Red Flower

4 Remembrance Day, a tribute.
A lovely Octogenarian I met on iBandstand wrote the poem. I love his rendition.
https://ibandstand.com/songs/3601
This is mine.
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Little Red Flower
© November 11, 2014 Stan Loh
Intro
Verse 1
The little red flower on the left of my coat,
So stately and sombre the stories they wrote,
The memories can’t buy you the tears that once fell,
The crosses and tombstones that bade them farewell,
Verse 2
One petal for courage that tasted the blood,
One petal for mistakes that ended in mud,
Another lone petal can’t tell where’s the limp,
The last crimson petal folded and grim,
Chorus
Go buy a poppy to remember the dead,
Go buy a poppy cause the shores were all red,
Instrumental E A E/ A E B7 E
Go buy a poppy to remember the dead,
Go buy a poppy cause the shores were all red,
Verse 3
It rains in November the cold will remind,
The dear ones had fallen for the ones left behind,
The young must remember the pain of the wars,
The little red flower will bloom ever more.