WAR DEAD

Battles are lost, battles are won
the cruelties of the war go on,
no one seems to hold the power,
triumph changes by the hour,
though one side claims to be ahead
it matters little to the dead.

MEDITATION IN A TIME OF WAR

A moment that makes life thrilling:
watching a gathering of crows.
Then thoughts of war dead come chilling.
As every soldier rightly knows,
there's no god who favors killing.