On Fields Of Strife
No man can say, for only God knows why-
one man will live while another will die.
But it is always so on fields of strife-
that some are chosen to lay down their life.
Comrades in arms are fighting side by side-
one will live, the other death must abide.
But it is always so on fields of strife-
that some are chosen to lay down their life.
No man can say how he would face that day-
if he would stand and fight or run away.
But it is always so on fields of strife-
that some choose freely to lay down their life.
Brave men all, those who stand to fight and live-
and those that are called on their all to give.
But is always so on fields of strife
that some will be destined to pay the price.
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Hey, that's some nice iambic
Hey, that's some nice iambic pentameter you got goin' there. Subject-wise it feels like Alan Seeger's "I Have A Rendezvous With Death." Nice job!
Some few in that, but Numbers err in this,
Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss;
A Fool might once himself alone expose,
Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
-- Alexander Pope