A Flower Alone

In a muddy flanders field 
A lonely flower blooms red
Tears of falling rain for those,
Who were left as dead.

They came as boys ,died as men,
Heroes all who fought a war,
Against others just like them,
Wondering what they were fighting for.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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