War under a summer sun
and the soldier’s life now a sleep, beautiful
in, we may hope, the angel kiss
of death, friend of heroic human nature.
We who live on may count the loss: girl,
home and love, hope and music,
sex; rain; all the school
of life. He, not.
(This ‘poem’ contains the 21 most hit key words on this site - see poet page.)
Michael Shepherd
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/0339-21-keywords-to-a-life/
