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PHOTO Real shining bravery, without any woes Pictures and medals in dust covered glass Junk shop shelves filled with mementos, Faded yellow paper, dull unpolished brass. But it strikes me as most pitiful The photo of this young man in brown Where the only thing beautiful Is the girl by his side looking down And was she grateful to him For sacrificing his life in mud And shading her future inhumanly dim By leaving instead of staying as he should Perhaps she never wanted another to wed Waited for years for news of his life Never knew a strong arm round her in bed Nor the want to be anothers wife As he stood in the mud with his shell casing Did he know how much she missed his smile The only one to set her heart racing The one who said just wait a while Your country honours your sacrifice Your comrades remember your valour The photo is on sale at a low price Due to its old deathly pallour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entered in Gail Doyle's Contest Writing A Heartfelt Poem To A Soldier