Were they filled with expectation

November 11th Remembrance

HYMN Were they filled with expectation?
Were they filled with expectation?
Did their minds well up with dreams?
Was there pent anticipation;
fear and joy, such tense extremes?

    Now the weary, frightened, broken,
    find their way to love and life;
    strange adjustment, words unspoken,
    tension still beyond that strife.

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

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