A Forgotten Soldier

The man lay battered and bruised
his body lay limp as they tie the nuse
the man was sentenced for a crime he didn't commit
his was many names that were to be wiped from the list

a man who was devoted to his family and believe in right in wrong
now he is here on in a place that he shouldn't belong
he told the truth and for that he was punished
he would hope someone would do the same if it was his youngest

he had heard the woman scream and cry
as she watched her baby die
the problem child of a young mother
but she loved him like no other

she held him close and looked down at his face
and then the man put his head down in disgrace
he had seen the whole thing and wasn't going to tell
cause he knows then his family would enter personal hell

he kept his mouth shut like most others who had seen
but he couldn't just remain this serene
for he had seen that poor little boy in a crime scene
as he lay there he heard the woman's screams

the harder he tried the more it came through clearer
he was stopped by that one thing only known as fear
his lips were sealed never to be open he though
but the news one night he had caught

he seen the woman crying and pleading to the world
she was the clam and he was her pearl
the man made up his mind then and there
he spoke outloud without a care

now he is gone from this world without a trace
never remembered for his loving embrace
it was as though he had never existed
except for a case where his name is listed

so now they have two people who are buried in the ground
his life had a price and apparently it was by the pound
but now his family greaves over his loss
for telling the truth he paid the ultimate cost