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A Young Soldier's Vision... No Defeat |
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All day long and into the waning night,
the young
soldier became weary of the fight
Still the enemies
attacked as did a hungry hound
There was smoke and fires
and dying all around
Many of his buddies had now gone
down
They were steadily, steadily losing ground
Out of
men, out of ammo, not to mention hope
Out of everything,
Lord, but prayer,
........................ that was no joke
The
young soldier prayed as never before
�Jesus, help us out
of this place, so poor
I don't want to die at just
nineteen,
but I see no other end to this scene.'
The
young soldier thought that he did see,
through the smoke
and enemy fire,
the form of another soldier begin to
transpire
He watched this soldier come across the
battlefield
In the midst of fierce fighting, this man did
not yield
He still could not see the soldiers face,
but then, like lightening, then, he knew.
This was his
answer of faith, so true
�Welcome, Lord Jesus', he
quickly said,
�I have been praying for help from you'
This, �soldier like', Jesus of the battle field,
walked
straight to him and did not yield
as in a hail of fire,
the soldier did go down
He lay wounded, bleeding on the
ground
The soldier was afraid to open his eyes,
lest the new found friend be gone.
and he would again
find himself alone
He heard these words, whispered,
........................... like promises anew,
�Be not afraid, for I will
go home with you,
and you know in your heart, it is true,
for if it may be, that your soul has been set free,
then,
my friend, I will take you home with me' |
By Faye Sizemore
Copyright 2003
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April 29, 2011 |
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About
Author...
Faye Sizemore makes her home in the beautiful foothills of South Carolina with Grant, the love of her life, as well as three dogs, two cats, two parakeets and four nanny goats. Grant is a Vietnam Veteran having served with the US Marines in 1968-69 and is, of course, Faye's muse. Faye is deeply interested in Veterans' Affairs and Veterans' Causes. She is very proud of Grant and her poetry is an off-shoot of that pride.
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