Layed 'Neath the Frost
I know not of disloyalty
Not of trust, won or lost
It matters no longer
The count of souls layed 'neath the frost
Resentment falls to the foolish
Regret a terrible luxury to hold
Only after we've fired our very last weapon
Can we succumb to weary times and begin to grow old
Bravery is rendered mandatory
Pull yourself together soldier
And prepare for it all to fall apart
Pray once last to your holder
For it may be the final following this start.
I bid you goodbye son, best wishes to you still
For I know not if there shall be, a morns good will
But mourn this morning I shall
Should we bury your vessel
'Neath God's greenest hill
Walk with me brother
Savor this strawberry speckled eve
Do think fondly onto thy mother
If so happens tomorrow
They're looking for me.
Copyright © Madisyn Collier | Year Posted 2009
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