I Cried Tonight My Friend

I cried tonight my friend

sobbed -

for a life that had passed -

a moments recollection

in a day full of rushing and grasp.

I cried tonight my friend

for a time-

never to be-

when two companions of the soul

trod a path in life, and the pathway grew cold.

I cried tonight my friend

as I thought -

of two brave troopers -

in a country far from home,

where eyes and ears of unknown hearts -

took part in a battle we feared.

I cried tonight my friend

for a love -

gone forever -

on a battlefield in a strange speaking land

where not one human kind offered a hand.

I cried tonight my friend

for two boys -

grown into men -

the days that we shared

together -

and the prayer we could do it again.