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Beneath the Waves

Beneath the turmoil of rolling waves
The ghosts of ships mark sailor’s graves 
Of battles fought with shot and shell
They found to their cost that war is hell
Beneath the cold grey sea they lie
Never to see another starlit sky
Their duty done they claim their rest
Now lay entombed with the very best
To those who fought upon the sea
Such valiant glory for all to see
They fought their fight and lost and died
Their comrades raise their caps in pride
The glory of their battle fought
Will live in history and not for nought
Their loved ones have no grave to mourn
No flowers to lay in the early dawn
Their names are carved on a cenotaph
All that’s left a faded photograph

Copyright © David Wood | Year Posted 2015

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Robert Nehls Date: 9/25/2015 5:45:00 AM Hi David. This is a very fine poem you have written. You have given tribute to the brave souls that have given their lives at sea and are laid to rest beneath it's waves. Very well written and easy to read. I enjoyed it.... Robert. Login to Reply David Wood Date: 9/28/2015 5:40:00 AM Thanks Robert, I like to keep poems readable, I find so many, particularly free verse, that are not and this is the first war poem about sailors I've written, my others are about soldiers who died.

Miraj Raha Date: 9/24/2015 8:22:00 AM Yes, those valiant sailors deserve much respect for they are denied the graves,and only the pale figment of them exists in a faded photograph. Login to Reply David Wood Date: 9/28/2015 5:39:00 AM I have written several war poems but never one about sailors. I am glad you liked it.