Triangularly folded flags laid solemnly down
Readied for caskets bound into the ground
Image intended for a hero’s loved ones
As their coffin is lowered six feet under
No one suffers as much as these families do
Getting instead of their son a 21-gun salute
Used in a war it seems no one quite gets
Lost, brought home lifeless, put into pits
Appropriately honored only after we lose them
Recognized for their valor only post-mortem
Left to fight out a war in a land far, far away
You say there’s a way to win- BUT IT ISN’T A GAME!