La mort est Glorieuse!

I once knew a boy,

Care free as he could be,

Who turned into a man

Only to be consumed by the land.

He sung with high zest, the old lie

In which all men jest,

La mort est Glorieuse!


So the soldier boy continued on,

Late into the summer,

Greeted by his future comrades;

Ready to fight?

Read to give everything up?

Oh what a bummer,

But the boy did not fret

For he has the old lie,

For he was ready to die,

And whispered the words

La mort est Glorieuse!


And so the boy,

The one who was care free,

Who dreamed of catching Koi

Who met the old lie,

And was ready to die,

Who met the bare fate,

Oh, with so much hate,

Planted on the ground,

And uttered the simple sound,

Before his eternal rest,

No longer with such high zest,

La mort est Glorieuse!

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Note: La mort est glorieuse is a french phrase for Death is Glorious.

 

Inspired by Wilfred Owen's 'Dulce Et Decorum Est', World War 1 Poem

Which can be read here: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/46560

 

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