An Answerless Question, Sonnetary Options

[jgdittier]

His picture placed upon the page appears.
How  poignant be his smile, forever gone.
He's served our cause, he's earned our honest cheers,
But yesterday, he saw his final dawn.
We lose each day a man, like he, or more,
A hero, he, who ne'er can be replaced.
It's he, the price we pay in ev'ry war.
In human terms, the loss too great a waste.*
*this is the thought addressed in the closing couplet

Were he not there, we'd still have slavery.
Were he not there, our arms would rise with "Heil!"
Were he not there, there be no bravery.
Were he not there, there'd be no life worthwhile.

With but this thought no cause can earn its keep.
Can e'er the cost of freedom be too steep?

[Guest_Jox_*]

Hi Ron,

Well done.

A personal response:

The cost of freedom can, indeed, be very high. Sitting here in my comfortable existence I can easily say I'm not sure it can be too high. (Because without freedom what have we? Mind you, what is freedom?) But if I were fighting the Nazis I might not be so smug.

However, the latest war that the USA and UK seem Hell-bent on prosecuting seems to have very little to do with freedom as far as many of us can see. I support our militaries themselves but feel that the Bush and Blair administrations are throwing thousands of lives on the scrap heap for no reason of freedom at all. And I find that all sorts of things - but ultimately very sad indeed.

Thanks for your excellent reminder, Ron.

J.