Forgotten Heroes

Staring at the wall
Reading every name
The young men
Who thought it a game
To them
It's all the same,

Memories fading
Into the past
A slow falling tear
Not the last
Humanity
Losing its cast,

Young men gone
So long ago
Leaving the earth
Not even a show
With a courage
They did not know,

The names of boys
Long since gone
Left to wander
Until the dawn
For the rest
To carry on.

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By S.M. Scott