It wounds the Earth <br />To bury a fallen soldier; <br />His strong, loving hands, <br />His laughter forever sobered. <br /> <br />Loved ones above <br />Look down on so raw a grave, <br />Their hearts fully wrung- <br />Because everything, he gave. <br /> <br />The pains are diffuse, <br />Fading slowly, as real pain does- <br />The cause, it was all; <br />Now forget everything, he was <br /> <br />Give back to the Earth <br />His noble heart of glory- <br />But tell the tale often, <br />That thus live his valiant story.<br /><br />Patti Masterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/it-wounds-the-earth/
