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While I struggle to understand 
the battles, the wars
unending shadows weep 
for the moments
just before duty called 
you to the front lines, 
where you would meet 
the last encounter
with courage that I could never imagine,
valor, gallantry, boldness
 	fearless as the weeping shadow

my heart aches from the knowing
you were young and innocent, fallen
now a soldier beneath the ground
where silent memories can’t disturb
the freedom found, the freedom bought
by your last stand
		grief whispers, melting
	away all the passing dreams
where you once felt reassured
		by the promise of years

years you didn’t have, because time
left you alone with the battle,
	alone in a war with timeless 
		shadows, fallen soldiers
lost wars, wars that mean
	we can breathe free, be free
		in the way we believe
the way we see – our hearts sing
because you gave us wings
as you flew away, an angel now
an angel gone from this lonely silence
	leaving the war, the moment
		quietly – as we cry
remembering, what you have done

oh my, you have gone
	but what you have done
defines my life, offers liberties
I would never have known,
	gracefully, you stood, alone
fought that battle
	so I might know
freedom is mine, 
	but oh, my – NO
freedom isn’t free –
but how she calls to me!

Thank you, soldier
for paying the price for me
 
Thank you, warrior
for fighting the battle for me

without you, 
	I wouldn’t know the peace
that comes from living a life
freely, free as free can be
free because you paid the highest price
you gave your life so that I might be

FREE



John 15:13-17
King James Version

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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