In Remembrance

[apophasis]

There's a soul in the Eternal,
Standing stiff before the King.
There's a little English maiden
Sorrowing.
There's a proud and tearless woman,
Seeing pictures in the fire.
There's a broken battered body
On the wire.

-Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, MC ("Woodbine Willy")

Comments

[runewise]

That's grim. Appropriate and moving, but grim nonetheless.