A cold and lonely soldier stands abandoned among a busy city crowd
his strength departed from him long ago, he no longer feels proud,
in his youth he put his life on the line for a country that he loved,
for the people that he held close to his heart and for each one of us,
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This sounds unbelievable. A nation, once, was commanding many other nations round the globe, over all matters from the most trivial to the crown, and presenting itself as the roll-model seems going down the drain. If one likes, can come and see how a small county like Sri Lanka, which was earlier under the boots of GB, defeated a most horrendous militant group of terrorists and care our precious soldiers who sacrificed their lives in that endeavor, for the nation. Nonetheless, it is heart breaking to read through your poem on nation forgotten soldier. I admire your concern for them.
I look forward to the day when naïve young men and women no longer fight for the ridiculous concept of patriotism and country. The fighting is for the governments, leaders and wealthy who in turn, turn their backs on the idealistic youth who do their dirty work.