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A poem from my family album anthology

Great Uncle Albert An Epitaph

FRAGILE FREEDOMS
Lost in France,
Resting 
    'neath a simple cross,
Just name,nationality and rank;
Giving of life,was his loss.

At home,
A breaking,aching heart;
A sweetheart's pain;
Her emptiness 
      was another's gain.

In memory 
       fading go
As echoing years slip by,
And still her tears flow;
Vivid yet
         her anguish sigh.

Forgotten,forfeit 
         and for what?
freedom frailties,fragile,
Such ideas still beguile;
T'was ever thus,
      the peasant soldier's lot.

REPOST FROM 2007
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Mchattie Avatar
June 3, 2021 at 5:27 PM
The ultimate sacrifice for the folly of others. Tragic. Wonderful tribute my friend.
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