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Soldier, Take My Hand |
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I'm off to war tomorrow.
Facing a task far greater than I've ever done,
Stripling happiness quelled for sake of sorrow
From a life of bliss harbored in youth's eggshell,
Sent to the oppressors' homeland to dwell,
Comes time for surviving under far away sun.
Patriotism, take my hand in duties devotion.
Grant me a strong heart beating ever true.
Let my love light, truly fill the widest ocean
That by every action, precepts of justice ensue.
Courage, fill a childish heart with toughness to rely on.
Help me as a man to go the extra length.
Grant me the courage of a lion.
O, let me feel his strength.
Bravery, take my trembling, innocent hands.
Bolster them to, like you, be brave.
Stay close by my side unto foreign lands
So I might principles of right for humanity save.
Honor, in all I do, let me walk with you
Empowered by very soul of chaste virtue elect.
Grant me integrity to, in very being, earn respect
Facing forces of evil that stormy salvoes blew.
Duty, plant in me thy soul of loyalty,
Spirituality to feed my starving soul,
Dignity that I might in essence bring forth humility,
Giving succor to humankind's whole.
Liberty, fill my core with freedom's delight so pure,
Kissed by blessed sun and rain through tempests share,
Fighting to give rare gifts of life a holy cure,
To predicated beliefs of eternal brotherhood bear. |
By
Gary Jacobson
Copyright 2002
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October 6, 2010 |
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About
Author...
In 1966-67, Gary Jacobson served with B Co
2nd/7th 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam as a combat infantryman and is the recipient of the Purple
Heart.
Gary, who resides in Idaho writes stories he
hopes are never forgotten, perhaps compelled by
a Vietnamese legend that says, "All poets are
full of silver threads that rise inside them as
the moon grows large." So Gary says he
writes because "It is that these silver
threads are words poking at me � I must let them
out. I must! I write for my brothers who cannot
bear to talk of what they've seen and to educate
those who haven't the foggiest idea about the
effect that the horrors of war have on
boys-next-door."
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