TWO BROTHERS

TWO BROTHERS........................................................

It was the day before Christmas and the battle did rage,,
And then a truce was called for the very next day,,
Two brothers met upon the battlefield,, on Christmas day,,
They exchanged photos,, stories,, and letters that day,,
Then upon the battlefield,, they were found,, dead they lay,,
Both shot thru the heart some did say,,
By perhaps a bullet that had gone astray,,
Now side by side they do lay,,
In wooden caskets that their father had made,,
One wore the Yankee blue,, the other,, the Confederate grey,,
Now side by side,, forever do they lay,,
Shot thru the heart some did say,,
But it was really the mother who died that day,,
For she loved them equally in every way,,
Shot thru the heart,, she was,, on that after Christmas day,,
In peaceful slumber do the two brothers lay,,
One wore the Yankee blue,, the other,, the Confederate grey…….