Life Goes On

Dedicated to all those that have lost a loved one to war.

© by Chuck McGlawn/Chuckest@aol.com

I’m engulfed in sadness.

When I visit his new home

I don’t know why he was taken,

I only know he’s gone.

The minister's hollow words

Offer no relief

His wife and I just set and cry

Nothing can end our grief

Rifled soldiers attend

His flag draped narrow bed

I want him here with us,

But God took him instead.

The minister is through now,

He has had his say

There will never, in my life,

Be a sadder day

The flag is carefully folded

And given to the wife

And she’ll walk forward slowly

Into her lonely life

The thunder of the rifles

Speak a last salute

He was taken suddenly,

And so absolute

A soldier’s playing taps now,

And tears freely flow.

And the sounds drift away

Till just a faint echo

The services are over now,

But life itself’s not done

It starts again tomorrow

With the rising of the sun.