In the Echoes of War
A Soldiers Life
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NOT EASY TO LOVE…
EVEN HARDER TO HOLD…
IN THE ECHOES OF WAR…
THEY’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
COUNTLESS TIMES IN COUNTLESS LANDS
ASSAILED BY INNUMERABLE ENEMIES
UNWEARYINGLY AWAITING THEIR COMMANDS
IN THE SILENCE OF THEIR EYES LINGERS STILL
THE TWISTED VISAGES OF THOSE SAD SOULS
CLAIMED BY WAR ANGER AND STRIFE
TOO OFTEN HAS FICKLE FATE DELIVERED TO THEM
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THEIR ROLES
IN THE TAKING OF ANOTHERS LIFE
YES THEY’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE
FACING THE DARK UNKNOWN
EACH HEARTBEAT HOPING STILL THAT SOMEDAY IN PEACE
THEY WILL REAP ALL THEIR BLOOD HAS SOWN
IN THE ECHOES OF WAR…
BUT TONIGHT THEY KNEEL OUTSIDE THEIR TENTS
WITH BLOOD STILL ON THEIR HANDS
AND BOW THEIR HEADS IN SILENCE
FOR THEIR BROTHERS AND THEIR SISTERS
LEFT SCATTERED ACROSS THE LANDS
YES TONIGHT THEY KNEEL OUTSIDE THEIR TENTS
WITH BLOOD STILL ON THEIR HANDS
AND BOW THEIR HEADS IN SILENCE
FOR THEIR BROTHERS
FOR THEIR SISTERS
LEFT SCATTERED
‘CROSS THE LANDS
MAY GOD ABOVE HAVE MERCY
UPON THESE SOLDIERS SOULS
TO DEFEND THEIR DREAMS
THEY FOUGHT THIS FIGHT
TO REACH THEIR GIVEN GOALS
FOR FREEDOM AND EACH OTHER
THEIR BLOOD WAS SOWN
IN THE ECHOES OF WAR…
THROUGH THE YEARS
SO MANY FALLEN FRIENDS GIVEN TO THIS CAUSE
IGNORING THE FROZEN EXPRESSIONS OF PAIN AND FEAR
WITH PROFOUND SADNESS THE SOLDIERS REACH OUT
TO CLOSE THE EYES OF THOSE HELD DEAR
A WEIGHTY GESTURE INDEED!
AS IF ASHAMED THAT THEIR CURRENT SURROUNDINGS
WERE NOT BEAUTIFUL ENOUGH FOR THEIR FINAL GAZE
INSTEAD TURNING THEM INWARD
FOR THE LOVE THEY HAD INSIDE THEIR SOULS
A MORE FITTING RESTING PLACE
AND IN THE SOLDIERS HEARTS
THESE FALLEN FRIENDS WILL BE CARRIED FOR ALL TIME
AND IN THE SILENCE WILL BE HEARD
THEIR FINAL BATTLE CRIES
IN THE ECHOES OF WAR…
AND AS THEIR FINAL PRAYERS ARE WHISPERED
WITH RESOLUTE EXPRESSION UPON EACH FACE
THEY TOO PREPARE TO MEET THEIR FATE
AND END A LIFELONG CHASE
FOR IF TOMORROW IT IS THE END THEY MEET
SECURING THE DREAM THEY HAVE DEFENDED ALL ALONG
THEN FREEDOM WILL BE THEIR LEGACY
AND LIBERTY THEIR LIFES SONG
THROUGH THE BLOODSHED THEY WILL SING THE SONGS
THAT THEIR VERY LIVES HAVE LIVED
FOR THEIR DREAMS THEY WILL SING THESE SONGS
GIVING ALL THEY’VE GOT TO GIVE
AND AS THEY FEEL THE EARTH GIVE WAY
INCH BY INCH FOR THEM TO LAY
THEY WILL GO JUST LIKE BEFORE
FACING THE DARK UNKNOWN
AND THEY HOPE SOMEDAY IN PEACE YOU’LL REAP
YES THEY HOPE SOMEDAY IN PEACE YOU’LL REAP
ALL THEIR BLOOD HAS SOWN
IN THE ECHOES OF WAR…
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