Earth welcome Henrik Der Hovhannissian of Shahinshahr and Heratch Hagopian of New Julfa two Armenians forced to fight yet another prophet's battle
You will find them lying between the front lines and the fleeing troops holding on to each other in death they are yours now
Accept this poem in exchange for their memory
From the volume, Earthquake: Poems by Lorne Shirinian Mellen Poetry Series, Volume 16, The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY 1991. Printed here by kind permission of the author.