THE "UNKNOWN" SOLDIER
| He's known as the unknown soldier But he once was just like you He had hopes and plans for a future And a dream to make them true He's a son and maybe a brother And perhaps a father as well Did he come from the city or live in the bush? Only his soul could tell But now in death he is given a task Beyond that of a living man For he represents all that was lost and gained From the moment that war began He could be the boy who never returned To the girl who waited in vain He could be the pride of a mum and dad Who would never see him again He could be the husband who's wife has grieved For the life that they never had He could be the father of children Who were robbed of the guidance of dad He represents all that war is The anguish, the torment, the hell He sacrificed all of his hopes and dreams They died the moment he fell He dares us to justify all the deaths in the wars since the world began He questions what place this slaughter has In God's eternal plan And he begs of us to answer Why we follow our war-like creed While battles rage throughout the world Through envy, power, and greed But while ever there are tyrants That the devil claims as kin It's men like the unknown soldier Who will fight again and win He answered the call of his country He fought side by side with the brave And now he'll spend eternity At rest in an unnamed grave We owe so much to this soldier We owe an unpayable debt We should often pause a moment To remember, lest we forget We may travel this great country From the inland to the sea And our path will not be halted For he fought to keep it free When we hear our National Anthem And our heart swells up with pride I like to think the unknown soldier Is standing at our side K.D. Abbott © 2007 |
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