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| Colton Stinger Class of 2019 |
I was a soldier on the field dressed in blue.
And those across from me in grey were soldiers too.
We held the ground they sought to take
But three days passed for their spirit to break.
From screaming dead corpses, the rifles fell,
And souls escaped desperately from that war-torn hell.
Those left to fight, they suffered and bled,
Until they too, were ordered among the dead.
I dressed in blue, and he dressed in grey.
And each ordered so, marched forward that day.
Now where is my enemy, my brother, my friend?
What words are spoken of he who met his end?
And where is his monument of carven stone,
That blessed image of those many I had known?
So eager are they to forget his life,
That no thought is given for the grieving of his wife.
They took him from me as I took him from her.
And they are so young, they cannot remember.
There were many trials we had shared before.
And few bonds are made like that of brothers in war.
History sees him through the conflict he died in
And soon now his memory may forever be forgotten.
I dressed in blue, and he dressed in grey,
And for his soul and mine I continue to pray.
Colton Stinger, of Elizabethtown, Ky., is a sophomore McConnell Scholar studying chemistry and political science.