Unknown Soldiers

Just beneath a grassy meadow
That one time was a battlefield
Lies the bones of two unknown men
Still clothed in their tattered fatigues
in a shallow unnatural grave.
Unnatural because if buried
With the customary honors
There would have been two separate
grave sites with much deeper holes.
One of the uniforms was gray
In color, the other one blue.
It’s fair to assume that both men
Prayed to god for his own safety
But god does not take sides in war.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Brown Avatar
September 14, 2010 at 3:08 PM
I enjoyed reading your poetry today Albert. I am looking forward to tomorrow and what I might read of yours again. Never let your pen lay and dry out. The best to you in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. Love, Carol
Kendrick Avatar
September 14, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Enjoyed reading your penned thoughts about this happening..Someone on one side or the other had enough respect for these two men to bury them...War does not take away all humaness...Sara
Arteaga Avatar
September 13, 2010 at 7:55 PM
enjoyed reading your poem, good strong last line
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