The Fallen

loss of a fallen soldier

I see some of you are still here

And then there are some gone.

To leave this place and still

Yet you are just a memory.

 

You are the memory of life

It life taken too soon and shortly.

You are the hopes and dreams

To remind us that not all are so lucky

 

It was pinned to you, a medal.

A medal that was given to you

A medal they say you earned

For you paid the price

Just so others didn’t have to.

 

You have given yourself to a cause

It was one you believed in

It was not for some politician

It was not for some president

It was with your intent to protect America

 

Time has gone past with your life

You are the remanence of a memory

One that is of love and care for you

You will never be remembered as

A great man. You will never be

Remember for all you did

 

Life has evaded you for your sacrifice

You gave your life for something others

Squander and take for granted

Choosing not to make a life of wealth and ease

But a sacrifice of self for others to have better

 

In this life those choices are many

And time is but a virtue as you lived for others.

Are you not as important and idols that are greedy?

Are you not self-less as one can be?

 

No, you are the fallen, the one most have forgotten

Your memory should have never faded away
You are like the statue of confederacy

Forgotten like the truth of the statue

Given no life of opportunity to remind us

Why, why you mean so much

 

This is where your comrades, brothers in arms

Shall never leave you behind

You are at least free of this world and

The chaos of your service brother’s woe’s

Let it be not forgotten what you gave

So that another can have and not have to do without.

 

Let you have peace beyond the men of this world.

Let you be free from pain, lost limbs, or PTSD.

Let you live on in the hearts of few with the impact on many

Remember you, so that you may be fallen but never forgotten.