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An Unidentified Soldier of Faith

Silently the remains dwelt before me,
Eyes sworn to victory, but body given away,
To precious tears of close kin,
As draped in white and mutilated lay his busted skin.

It wasn't warfare per se that clotted his blood,
As tears of grief dripped into the blanched floor ,
Its receiving eyes wore no pain,
As hundreds wailed essaying a bit more.

The soldier didn't move as people fell,
On his corpse they tried to derail,
As the last rites were performed upon him,
Darkened with delight he bore not a grim.

There was agony in the air,
Last night was a trembling affair,
While the earth was cloaked in a shroud of bullet,
He fought till he'd assaulted to the last pellet.

Amongst all things that came to him,
First and foremost his country he'd deem,
His own even before he called his name,
And defended not with a smidgen of shame.

Ahead of combat he'd prepared himself,
If death were to brush past his ordinary self,
Immortality would rest moments away,
With his name engraved on a tomb as he lay.
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dissociatedprenihilist said…
Immortality would rest moments away,
With his name engraved on a tomb as he lay.

Well conveyed.. Kudos!
Friday, 18 November, 2011
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