How ugly war is!
How hateful and cruel!
See the people filing in
they stop and look
at the silent soldier
before them sprawled
The soldier lies
ashen face stoically tensed
silently they walk away
expressionless
It is so … war is ugly!
Lifeless and silent
pale and empty
the corpse stays
youth ended
prematurely
what a waste
A grave surrounded
mourners cry
circling endlessly
fixed eyes
In the middle
the casket lies
laden with flowers
farewell notes
the people walk
with inundated eyes
faces fearing
the eerie visit
Death has come
to the young
to the old
to them all
Wondering when
the war would end
but time is uncertain
Politicians extol
the brave young men
but death mars
their flowery speech
Walking slowly, tired
looking at death
death has come
how long its visit
nobody knows ...