A Soldiers Cross To Bear

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Out of foxhole field and bunkered platoon
  a patriot leads the clarion’s blare -
answers his country’s call to arms but soon
  duty and honour rise a toll I fear.
Let not councils of God and man restore
  the fallen soldier lest he fall again -
lest he doubt the enormities of war
  and live in knowing he himself has slain.
That his rage of pride no battle increase
  when he in fear his mighty weapon wields,
for it is only the dead who find peace
  in the battery smoke and killing fields.
Where the Dove flies the Hawk becomes a snare
and death and sacrifice your Cross to Bear!


          Written: November 1992

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