Remembrance

They made a big show

But it proves that they don't

Really care

They're trying too hard

To make it seem like they do

But their apologies are meaningless

Their condolences empty

To them

You are just another

Casualty of war

Another sacrifice on the

Altar of Ares

Another death

Another sacrifice

Another family

Left behind

Eclipsed by the "bigger picture"

Blanketed by the "greater good"

Your death is only palpable to me

The only person whose life

Your death will disrupt

War is evil

It can be necessary

But most of the time

It's not

I guess

When you fight for a war

That need not be fought

The Lady of the Sycamore

Abandons you

To your own devices

And as your name

On the stone

Dances in the candle-light

I realize that what if and buts

Are not going to bring you back

So I choose

To just remember