"Did Never Go"

What it is exactly
. . That moves me so
For surely I myself
. . Did never go.

Did never face
. . Did never fear
Not like one who must
. . When standing near.

Only those who face
. . Death, with full valor
Only those who die
. . Know full honor.
November 14, 2013

French war cemetery, Belleray, with graves from both World Wars