He Didn't Die Like a Soldier
      He walked on the battlefield     Bullets flying all around him     Yet none flew close to his fur     Because he was not a target     He was safe even among reverberating  grenades and tanks     He did not swear to protect himself     But his people...his own people at his own peril     Yet he had to die     at the hands of this blood-sucking barbarians     Who mistook him for animal     And pelted him with rocks     His bones crunched as he pleaded for mercy     His innocent blood was shed     His frozen tears formed a confluence of blood     Flowing freely like a fountain     Mistake him not for a coward     For pulling the trigger could have saved him     From these wolves     Who were only after sniffing his life out of him.     He must die one day     But not this way     Not to be killed like a common criminal.     He died in his prime serving his country,     Serving his countrymen,     Serving people who did not see his use - people who did not believe in him.     He coul...