The Veteran's Prayer
By Bob Scott
THE VETERAN’S PRAYER.
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Weep not for me for I am gone my soul rests in Peace
My pain has long since gone, no longer am I at unrest
So I suffer no more. Plant a Rose
That say Peace and remember me in your Heart
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But!! Spare a thought for those left behind,
With tormented souls for it is many of those who carry my pain
And that of many of their Comrades too
For them! It is much more untold pain they do suffer
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That pain that Man should never carry such Burden
When often we ask what you did in the wars past
As in silence they never reply, but look gently
Into that kindly! But contorted face of sorrow past
As if hiding behind a mask
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While we lay here in neat row after row
We lay in silence! For we are dead
We cannot shed light on our Brother’s suffering
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So be Gentle with them, when you ask a Veteran
What did you do in the war?
He is mute and cannot speak as he wrestle with his soul
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So do not forget the dead as they are at Peace their tour of duty over!
But the living they have left behind the Battlefield
War is never over, it goes on within their soul
So be gentle with them and one day, they just might share their thoughts.
__________________________
Weep not for me for I am gone my soul rests in Peace
My pain has long since gone, no longer am I at unrest
So I suffer no more. Plant a Rose
That say Peace and remember me in your Heart
________________________________________________
But!! Spare a thought for those left behind,
With tormented souls for it is many of those who carry my pain
And that of many of their Comrades too
For them! It is much more untold pain they do suffer
_______________________________________________
That pain that Man should never carry such Burden
When often we ask what you did in the wars past
As in silence they never reply, but look gently
Into that kindly! But contorted face of sorrow past
As if hiding behind a mask
____________________________________________
While we lay here in neat row after row
We lay in silence! For we are dead
We cannot shed light on our Brother’s suffering
__________________________________________
So be Gentle with them, when you ask a Veteran
What did you do in the war?
He is mute and cannot speak as he wrestle with his soul
____________________________________________
So do not forget the dead as they are at Peace their tour of duty over!
But the living they have left behind the Battlefield
War is never over, it goes on within their soul
So be gentle with them and one day, they just might share their thoughts.