Unbroken
sail on... sail on
Bright golden beads sprouted yet single
Continuous strung together
With the same aspirations purposes likes
Connected with love
Honor and pride dreams and despair
In a family we all grow our home Tau Alpha
We congregate socialize engage earnest
we are
We laugh we cry we love we are passionate
This is who we are out of the same igneous rock yet unique
Camaraderie best describes our gatherings our full awareness
The trust we give to one another to a Brother
Yes we call each other Brod a family of warm hearted selfless kind
Underlying the foundation of our friendship a Brotherhood of Men
We thrive like our founders had envisioned
Winners we all are
The embodiment of the Fraternity
Proudly and widely known as
The Tau Alpha
A gift from our Founding Fathers
The Argonauts who journeyed the turbulent seas in the ship Argo
Steadfast they remained with faith in their hearts
Secured The Golden Fleece a treasure of wisdom and truth
At times we pause when a bead on the thread suddenly flickers dims and dies
We congregate we celebrate as we’ve always done
The life of our dear departed Brother
we honor him we weep
A Tau Alphan a Golden Bead close to our hearts taken
Strong we remain we bid him to Sail on... Sail on to eternal bliss
To Elysian Fields where a magical adventure awaits
Where his Brothers ahead of him are on hand waiting
Where we his Brothers on earth helped him walk to the empyrean new home
This is who we are
Our brotherhood embraces
impermanence
Yet remains unbroken
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