Where Greater Men Have Fallen (Lviii) Poem by Stefan Trifu

Where greater men have fallen
There man wielded lighting against life
Where greater men have fallen
Worthless monuments bear their strife;
Tear the heart of their mothers
Out from each and every chest
The flood of steel courage smothers
Drowning love and ideal in their breast;
From highest peak to lowest dungeoning trench
Crowned heroes those that bear war's stench
From wretched shore to wretched shore
All sleep where time and sorrow come no more;
History has knighted many heroes with her breath
But none so kingly crowned as man-made death!

Stefan, November 27th 2016