A Eulogy To Animals In War

We are the soldiers who have no voice In war or peace, we have no choice Yet we toil and fight alongside men We do all we do, the best way we can We bleed and we die, we bark neigh and cry Our kin beside men in the mud and sand lie Our number are millions in all of the wars We march not on two feet but on four hooves and paws We give freely our loyalty hard work and trust We don’t understand causes and if they are just But in harness or saddle, collar and lead We will follow regardless as this is our creed Forget us not, all the lives that we gave Our sacrifice given from birth to the grave We are the soldiers who serve in your wars We march not on two feet but four hooves and paws Written for the 100th Memorial Year Ypres November 11 2018