For Those Who Also Sacrificed
FOR THOSE WHO ALSO SACRIFICED…
(APROPOS SHEROES AND HEROES UNKNOWN)
Theirs too, was a journey of blood, flowing
From shores of seas to beds of rivers:
Filling pitchers of freedom overflowing
With captured liberties and unshackled free spirits
Rising above the river banks of the deltas’ terrors
Yet the remains are merely dry bones
Of unsung heroes
Resting here in scripture based echoes:
From dust thou cometh,
To dust thou returneth
For them, there are no eloquent epitaphs;
No stone monuments to greet the seasons:
Only praises of the wounded hearts of heirs.
In these times, only chosen popular ones,
Are given the stone monuments with
Curious cold chiseled epitaphs.
The sacrificed lives of the unknown poor,
Remain simple reflections of churchyard graves.
Copyright © Millard Lowe | Year Posted 2015
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