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The Soldier

He’s marched across the world, with nothing but a sword and pike,
bringing change to nearly every place he went.
He conquered most of it along the way on his little hike.
And did it with stout heart and courage, even when his body was rent.

He’s stood guard on Hadrian’s wall, and kept back the screaming Scots,
and pounded through the surf, and broke the defenses of Normandy.
He has been there in the jungle, and tossed dice with death to win or lose the lot,
its plain to anyone who looks, that the soldier is all the hero he can be.

We weep for those who were lost in the duty they held dear,
doing what had to be done, though the cost was high!
Yet let us count the ones who are free and now living here,
who had the chance, because the heroes did their duty, even as they died!

To those who served and didn’t come home, you are the ones we must not forget,
and those who made it home, you are among the best!
Soldiers through the ages have served with unswerving pride, as history can so vet,
and I for one am thankful for the brotherhood of the gun, who from evil the future wrest.