we paraded all day
as patriots you may say
a gun on every hand
that changed every heart
to my soulmate grace
this is the end of my race
bravery was my code
but my heart never went cold
we had dreams of the old
don't wait up that day
because I got shot on may
on the grave that I shall lay
let them engrave your name
oh do not weep
because love is like a flower
it shall wither
and you will find another
my letters you shall not keep
to my belongings do not peep
let them follow me in a flame of arsenic
today I got shot
©peakynate
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