To Fight And Die

by hawqeyeOxford, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mar 2012 541 Views 5 comments

To Fight And Die

To Fight And Die

They serve to fight and die,
Yet does anyone even ask why,
For they are heroes hidden away,
That keep us safe every day.

They take the battle far away,
Where evil has long held sway,
To show that right is the way,
Correcting those once led astray.

In ages past knights prevailed,
As valour sought what was entailed,
Thus started a fire that still burns
Within darkness where freedom yearns.

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Posted: Mar 2012

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GracefulloneCambridge, Suffolk, England UKMar 15, 2012

Thank you for posting for our unseen courageous heroes of past, and the now, and sadly for the future, as you say "Thus started a fire that still burns"

adjhematteson, Illinois USAMar 15, 2012

military are definately not respected like before. nice write.

hawqeyeOPOxford, Nova Scotia CanadaMar 15, 2012

Thanks ladies.Back in Dec(?)I was sick of all the worshiping of the vastly overpaid actors in Hollywood,while the underpaid,quiet ,real heroes were ignored and their bodies 'smuggled' back into the country (of origin).That inspired these two poems valour.