'helmets sitting atop rifles'

'helmets sitting atop rifles' timothy r gates, 5/29/2011

helmets sitting atop rifles,

reposed, standing.

boots emptied by enemy fire,

insufficient government issued vests, worthless.

iconic crosses, stars, cresant moons -

songs of patriotism doesn't bring them back,

their dirge refrains remain,

'another one, does, bite the dust.'

memory eternal!

we sing for and to them, praying

we'll sing together again.

told they've gone to a better place,

justification for our loss,

without our heroes there'd be no more soldiers.

memorial hymns,

presidents salute under blood stained flags.

the fallen rise,

reminding that the rockets red glare path

is not one of peace.

memory eternal.




Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd http://assistedthinking.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/non-violence-and-the-knotted-gun-worldwide/