The Unknown Soldier

 
Buried on the first of September  

A man without a face did fall 

No one cared to remember 

When he made an answer to the call 

The unknown soldier 

Falling in the dead of night 

The unknown soldier 

Shining down in amber sunlight 

The unknown soldier 

Non one ever seemed to care 

The unknown soldier  

Betrayed in death his grave is bare 

Dying on the brink of seclusion 

For his country he did die 

Life to him remained an illusion 

Never told his family never cried 

The unknown soldier 

Never got to say goodbye 

The unknown soldier 

Vanished in the blink of an eye 

The unknown soldier 

His nation sent him to his grave 

The unknown soldier 

Lived his life a man enslaved 

Nobody knows where he came from 

His life and death remain a mystery 

Only left now are questions 

Written in the books of history 

The unknown soldier 

Falling in the dead of night 

The unknown soldier 

Shining down in amber sunlight 

The unknown soldier 

Non one ever seemed to care 

The unknown soldier  

Betrayed in death his grave is bare 

Copyright © 2008 by Christopher Gray