How shall I continue?

1916

Journal,

Though I had just returned from leave to go to Somme, I suddenly contracted dysentery. I was sent to Oxford to recuperate. While recovering, I have made some dear friends who call themselves pacifists. Their teachings are quite impacting. I am unsure whether I can successfully return to the front and perform as I once used to. I have known so many deaths. Many of my good friends are deceased. How shall I continue on? My dear friend David Cuthbert Thomas has died on the front for an unjust war.

A reading of my poem, Mud and Rain


Disturbed by all of this,
Siegfried