War Heros

Jays winning poem celebrates the 90th anniversary of Combat Stress, a charity that helps soldiers cope with the psychological aftermath of war.

13 year old Jay Conning from Stewarton Academy won the Secondary School Section with his poem War Heros.

War Heroes.
Busy bees bugs and butterflies
Look how my home made kite above sea level lies
Brown paper, evening news, string and canes
Over fields, rivers and country lanes.

Left swoop right, held between my feet
Double loop trouble free, birds sing sweet
The battle of Britain was a breeze
With my Spitfire kite thrashing trees.

Now polished medals hang over crippled toes
Cant walk. but knows where and when the wind blows
Bees bugs and butterflies still haunt the sky.
Someday soon so will I

The judging took place in Edinburgh Castle by the Military.
Jay said:I feel bad for the guys who have died out there in roadside bombings. I also feel for their families and its important to imagine how they must be feeling.

Stephanie Young, will present Jay with a prize of £125 prize at the Concert on Friday 6th Nov 2009
The Provost is hosting the concert as part of a fund raising campaign to build a New Wing at Hollybush House in Ayr, for ex-servicemen and women.
Provost Young said: The public often only sees the physical damage of war, not the psychological damage: the people who come back shell-shocked and traumatised, who turn to drink or drugs because they are unable to cope.