by Benjamin Miller

Created on: October 10, 2008

Look Into Their Eyes

look into their eyes

the greatest and most terrible void

for it was once filled

with strife

love and joy

life

but now barren

you could never see the bottom

through the blackness

for you have never felt the night

but it is there

where they now reside

lost

to what we all have made

they walk on

for whom?

not themselves

they are no longer there

it is for us

but gratitude

is no substiture for life

long after their bodies fell

long after the gunfire ceased

now that we have

what they were fighting for

their stare remains

upon the pages of our history books

now look into their eyes

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