Soldier

It’s not only ice that can cause you to slip once happy memory’s now tinged with sadness can do it to...

Chipping
a way
at you
in a
Pitched Black
Foxhole
I was told...

Drop me
Off
I will
find my
way

I know the mission

In the dead...

Inspired by Anne Francis’s powerful poem, “The Blind Beggar”

I once was young, a stripling lad...

IN THE BEGINNING, I ONCE WAS A MAN, OF PURE FLESH AND BLOOD,
MY ONLY QUEST WAS TO PROVIDE FOR THE...

IN THE DARKNESS OF NIGHT, FORBIDDING OF LIGHT.
A MEDIEVAL SOLDIER LOST IN TIME, CARRIERS A SCROLL...

Let me tell you about a true story of a Welsh guard
Who finished up in my city when times were hard...

For the country,
They fight for.
Leaving their family,
Friends; always ready for a war...

The drumbeat sounds a muted drone
Monotonous, unceasing.
The camp fires glows with embers...

There are soldiers who live and die
Fighting a war and not knowing why
Yellow ribbons hung on...

The fall
Fell
All
The way
To the bottom
Of the well
In the...

struggling & striving, still here surving, real eyes are realizing, whats goin on as time is flying,...

They were taught to fight by the freedom of speech,
On the sandy seafront of Omaha Beach,
...

I've been sitting here watching
The clouds on your wall
Hoping so bad
I won't ever get...

I remember
being in my
early 20's
in a bar
a young
soldier
...

O people of my country, call to mind the heroes
Who kissed the death defending our terrains
...

"When you are ready,
God will reveal your mission.
So prepare,
in bravery,
what...