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Soldiers Goodbye
November 13, 2011
Ours is not to question why
Ours is but to do and die
If I fall and do not rise
Leave me there, say goodbye
If you pray with hopes forlorn
Then pray you'll live to see the morn
As I lay beneath the night
I struggle with all my might
To live to see another day
Or at least the sun's first ray's
It does not matter if we win
We all fall in the end
As my spirit slowly falls
I can hear that fateful call
As my eyes mist up in a haze
I can feel Death's icy gaze
As I die my last thoughts
Are not of pain nor of loss
But that I fight no more this world
And I leave life without remorse
'twas not mine to question why
Just my place to do and die
And I wonder what will happen most
It does not matter, I'm but a ghost.
© Christoper C., Far Rockaway Queens, NY
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Helena_Noel BRONZE said...
on Nov. 20 2011 at 5:23 pm
4 stars. This is very moving, the first line reminds me of Charge of the Light Brigade and the rest is nearly as good. the second to last line was odd, but it kinda seemed to fit. good job!
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