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SOLDIER OF BATTLES.. Steve Hudson It started, in silence, in infancy; the eyes look beyond the darkness To understand the sounds of rage, echoes of misunderstanding, The beginnings of normalcy wrought with disturbance, Bereavement for the loss of innocence and the first lesson learned. The lines in ground becoming clearer. The only thing that ever came easy for me is warring, Not because I chose the ground, but because it chose me. Here is your sword; here is your battle, The field is endless and there is no turning back, So find your heart and find your place among the ranks You sojourn with. You tell one another it will be okay, and that we will pull through, But no one really knows. Its only after our first encounter and mortal blow that we find some Courage to face another foe. The welcomed peace endured for a season, then skies darken On eminent splayed horizons and shadowy realms of spirit You try to make sense of the next wave of terror, Taunted and vexed at every turn. Your enemies take form in shapes of, what is true? Wrestling, pondering among bloody concepts and the why. Wounds received through fearful encounters take shape of scars, Scars take shape of trusted moments carried through Onslaughts of deception. Fallen men on smoldering ground, tormented by hounds of confusion. This is how it started, but not how it ended for you see, There was One we found in heated skirmish Battle hardened and sure footed, the spear and shield wielded With skillful hands, He inspired confidence in us all. On days we found respite, He sat with us and taught strategies in warfare, The secrets to winning the hearts and minds of defeated bretheren. The certainty and comfort in His eyes, told stories of ancient victories held. A kingly stature though plain to view, never considered Himself better Then the lowliest man I knew. We asked about some of the scars He brandished, “They are scars received from the greatest of man’s struggles,” He said, He got them while defending the poorest of souls. It was then we understood, it was of us He spoke. So now we gladly fight for this One who became the captain of our heart, We’ve learned from the truths that have pierced our very souls, our greatest cause and reason to be. A soldier of battles was He…
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