The Demobbed

 

They wanted only normality

because they had earned it

Years of absence and bitter conflict

they had survived the odds

In demob suits they came

different to when they went

in many ways not the same

A settled life was their only want

a home and family to feed

a job, a bike and a garden shed

Visits to the local pub

and heaven sent sleep from above

They were our heroes

modest and reluctant

to recall what had gone before

A normal life their one desire

and an evening spent by the fire