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Peter's Probationary Poems - 6. Thoughts on a War Cemetery - Poetry Prompt 6 - Elegy
Thoughts on a War Cemetery
Hiking through a forest so still
even birds seem apprehensive
of the clearing lying pensive
beneath the unexpected hill.
White marble slabs in tidy lines
each one of which identifies
a man whose offer justifies
this silent place's lasting signs.
Most have a name and state a rank
the birth dates differ, the others
all the same; next to their brothers
‘known only to God’, they rest blank.
The lives not lived, the dreams not dreamed,
the telegrams with grave errands,
the inconsolable parents,
it makes them all the more esteemed.
If not for these men to defray
their young lives taken in their prime,
I could not stand here in peacetime
and be who I am: free and gay.
Thanks AC for your help.
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