Freedoms Price
Freedoms Price
by R L Karlowsky
The thunder now silent, the flash is dim,
men once standing, lay cold and grim.
The blade once shiny, now stained with wear, the meadow thick emerald, shown scarlet and bare.
Men of youth, no more burden to carry,
puffed chests of pride, they will never marry.
Broken shadows, where brave men borne,
a letter to home, unfinished and torn.
Once a mother's child, to hold no more,
her hope and dreams, were off to war.
Entombed in the earth, a marker now stands, for freedoms price, a life it demands.
© R L Karlowsky 2008
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Of those who gave the greatest sacrifice.
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Submitted by RLKARL on August 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 |
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