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He devastated foreign pastures

As a cog in a well oiled evil wheel 

A nameless legalized conqueror


They praised his endless courage

Reckless bravery under command

Following orders no questions asked


The contest was rigged in his favour

A mega machine against a few guns

Foes fell like pins in a bowling alley 


He rolled the dice over life and demise


Life was cheap at the price of a bullet

He pulled the trigger as if he had been

At the shooting gallery in his hometown 


Remembered his childhood sweetheart

And the pink teddy bear he gave her

A few rag dolls survived in the ruins


Life was a thunderous blast for the killer

Until a land mine felled his glorious quest

Did not feel much no time to beg for mercy


A soldier ground into a desert of pain


Thus the invader unceremoniously vanished

Into the dust of memory’s timeless barrel

Only for some other pawn to take his place


Posthumously they awarded a Purple Heart

In pride pinned a medal onto his imaginary chest

Though he had none left to feature the badge


His coffin was empty and bugles betrayed

The meaning of a star spangled banner

Draped over the fact that he had no grave


The red white and blue of the flag hurt her eyes


Soon enough his children forgot their father

The widow struggled with his merit under fire

Shed tears onto the ribbon bestowed in vain


Crushed the award in a grinder of sadness

They say time is a limitless healer for mourning

And that this too will pass for a grieving soul


That warriors are not immortal in light of the cause

For a cross is forever and blood dries in the sun

But when she sees no valid reason for his demise 


She becomes a miserable ghost slaughtered by proxy


As she retrieves a shred of resilience and braves demons

His and hers and faces a dim smile on a fading photo

Anger turns into guilt for she too had supported the war


A white flag holds more credence than shredded bones



05th May 2020
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