Hound of Heaven Hymns

Poetry list

flos pacem

8th May ~ VE Day 2025

falling from the sky
inundated by the waves
eviscerated exploded
into the earth tortured
bombed screaming
senseless destruction
peace costs all this
and much more fragile
as a flower to be
tended nurtured
cherished and held by
everyone’s powerful
grasp it can never
be laid aside or
forgotten it is an
endless sowing and
harvest fuelled by sweat
and labour never
certain but so
precious not one of
us can take it for
granted our inner
demons and material
strength militate
its destruction in
every age and any
moment peace is
seared by immeasurable
pain and painted
in vast oceans of
blood there is no
end or lasting
happiness till the
end is drowned by
love
may we never forget
this song