Aircrew - Times Past

Life was a fleeting moment when
We lived from day to day.
A moming dawned, the sun broke through,
We savoured every ray,
For well we knew that with the dark,
There was a price to pay.
When we were young.

The dangers that we faced became
A common bond to share.
The friendships forged upon such fire
Were rich beyond compare.
So many of them all too short
Their loss so hard to bear
When we were young.

We lived our lives up to the hilt,
We laughed and loved and prayed,
We learned to crack the flippant joke
If we should feel afraid.
These things were all accepted
As by us the rules were made
When we were young.

So many years have passed since then.
The flames of war have died.
The individual paths we chose
Are scattered far and wide,
But we remember proudly those
Whose lives to ours were tied.
When we were young.

by Audrey Grealy