The Dead Hero

He died bravely under gunfire that much of him we do know But on the dead hero's grave only wildflowers do grow His life ended on a battle field many decades ago And he did not live on for time to become his foe He did not even live to see the prime of his life He did not have children or he did not have a wife His parents now deceased for him wept tears Their grief and sense of loss did stay with them for years In the town's old graveyard his last remains lay The dead hero's grave no one visits today In the gap of fear he was one who died brave He gave his life the life of a comrade to save He died bravely under gunfire but he was so young He had just turned nineteen and his praises were sung Brought back in a body bag from a war far away Among his hometown's departed his last remains lay.