A Soldiers Fate
Bear witness to those dying men
Conscripted fate by poison pen
The scorched remains of foe and friend
Their ashes scattered on the wind
Pawns sacrificed without a pause
Death descends from steel wings and claws
More martyrs of a nation's cause
Forged and fired by enacted laws
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