War - Ww1 - Live And Let Live Poem by Paul Warren

On the Western Front during the Great War
The troops on both sides adapted, not always part of the gore

So they decided that they wouldn't shoot or be a bother
Live and let live where they wouldn't fire at each other

The Prussians, Highlanders and ANZACs didn't join in
As they wanted to fight the Germans in the war to win

Soldiers visited each other in the trench front line
When they shared each other's meals at the time

You shouldn't forget the Christmas Truce of 1914
When German and British troops mingled together seen

And it extended to raiding parties for information
Until a British General found this out in the discussion

So his orders for the raiding parties included German barb wire taking
But his troops had a roll of this wire that they included in their reporting

But after the war and the slaughter continued to cost
There was less of live and let live, in the end it was lost.

© Paul Warren Poetry