Just a Boy

The prisoner was marched out at dawn
Looking lonely and forlorn
Hands tied, blindfolded and afraid
Sick, tired and betrayed
Just a boy who got shell shock
Sentenced to be shot

His mother cried when the telegram came
Executed as a coward: he was to blame
No memorial will bear his name
Forgotten, obliterated his family ashamed

Did the friends who shot him down
End up being drowned
In Ypres heavy ground?