Condolences

Forced farewell in the name of someone else’s honor

A letter never read

You left because you felt you had too
You fought because you said our country needed you
And now
I stare at your perfect motionless face
Tears streaming from my eyes
...
You died because a country was falling
You died because you left
But
I died when I was forced to say goodbye
And
Placed my hands upon the letters you never sent.