ODE TO A SOLDIER
ODE TO A SOLDIER
As fall down the broken leaves
As fall the broken trees
So too fall the soldiers true
One falls to enrich the soil
Giving birth to other lives
The other to protect an ideal
An image and the vibrancy of our lives
They lie forgotten.decaying into the soil
He too is forgotten
He too is forgotten
Mourned and lamented by a handful few
In coming years
They'll garland a faded picture
Publish a requiem,sing a dirge or two
But my dear friend
Will they send their sons
To fight and fall as soldiers too?
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