Blood drips like rubies
Off the Unknown Soldier,
Glass eyes which once were full of fight,
Now forever fading into the black night,
We need you, we need you,
The sweet lies they tell,
Saying it’s all well,
Dead but still living,
Unbearable conditions,
Impossible ambitions,
You still trudge through,
Gunshots cut the air,
You keep asking the same question,
Is this fair?
No one knows the pain you endured,
Now they do,
The people that once surrounded you,
Lay lifeless on the soil,
Coughing and the chocking,
Drowning in their own blood,
A soldier is born to die they say,
Did you really want to?