Soldier Boy
CARRY ON...
MY SOLDIER BOY!
BENEATH THE SETTING SUN...
YOUR TIME HAS, SURELY, COME!
THROUGH THE WRECKAGE
OF THE PAST...YOUR TRIALS...
THEY WILL NOT LAST,
FOREVER!
YET, THEY DOTH APPEAR...
THROUGH STORM AND STRIFE
YOU CARRY ON...
UPON YOUR LIFE, SO DEAR !
YOU HOLD YOUR BANNER HIGH...
BENEATH THE SKY,
AND IN THE BATTLE CRY,
MARCH STRAIGHT AHEAD...
YOU MAKE YOUR BED
WHERE SHADOWS FALL...
FOR ONE AND ALL TO SEE,
YOU WILL BE FREE...
TO CARRY ON...
NOW IN THE SETTING SUN,
YOUR DREAMS, AGAIN,
WILL COME ...
JUST WHERE YOU LAY TO REST...
YOU'LL BE THE BEST!
AND CARRY ON...
MY SOLDIER BOY !
from My Mother...
October 11, 2016
Copyright © Robert Obrien | Year Posted 2016
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