The Reaper
05-23-2014, 13:04
Good words to consider on this holiday.
TR
A SACRED CALLING
by Mike Norman
NOW I KNOW WHY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN TO WAR YEARN TO REUNITE
NOT TO TELL STORIES OR LOOK AT OLD PICTURES. NOT TO LAUGH AND TO WEEP
COMRADES GATHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WITH MEN WHO ONCE ACTED AT THEIR BEST
MEN WHO SUFFERED AND SACRIFICED TOGETHER
WHO WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR HUMANITY
I DID NOT PICK THESE MEN
THEY WERE DELIVERED BY THE MILITARY AND BY FATE.
BUT I KNOW THEM IN A WAY I KNOW NO OTHER MEN
I HAVE NEVER GIVEN ANYONE SUCH TRUST
THEY WERE WILLING TO GUARD SOMETHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN MY LIFE
THEY WOULD HAVE CARRIED MY REPUTATION, THE MEMORY OF ME
IT WAS PART OF THE BARGAIN WE ALL MADE
THE REASON WE WERE SO WILLING TO DIE FOR ONE ANOTHER
AS LONG AS I HAVE MEMORY, I WILL THINK OF THEM EVERY DAY
I AM SURE WHEN I LEAVE THIS WORLD, MY LAST THOUGHTS WILL BE
OF MY GOD, MY FAMILY AND MY COMRADES. SUCH GOOD MEN.
TR
A SACRED CALLING
by Mike Norman
NOW I KNOW WHY MEN WHO HAVE BEEN TO WAR YEARN TO REUNITE
NOT TO TELL STORIES OR LOOK AT OLD PICTURES. NOT TO LAUGH AND TO WEEP
COMRADES GATHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WITH MEN WHO ONCE ACTED AT THEIR BEST
MEN WHO SUFFERED AND SACRIFICED TOGETHER
WHO WERE STRIPPED OF THEIR HUMANITY
I DID NOT PICK THESE MEN
THEY WERE DELIVERED BY THE MILITARY AND BY FATE.
BUT I KNOW THEM IN A WAY I KNOW NO OTHER MEN
I HAVE NEVER GIVEN ANYONE SUCH TRUST
THEY WERE WILLING TO GUARD SOMETHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN MY LIFE
THEY WOULD HAVE CARRIED MY REPUTATION, THE MEMORY OF ME
IT WAS PART OF THE BARGAIN WE ALL MADE
THE REASON WE WERE SO WILLING TO DIE FOR ONE ANOTHER
AS LONG AS I HAVE MEMORY, I WILL THINK OF THEM EVERY DAY
I AM SURE WHEN I LEAVE THIS WORLD, MY LAST THOUGHTS WILL BE
OF MY GOD, MY FAMILY AND MY COMRADES. SUCH GOOD MEN.