So Others May Live

Your tears
Are dewdrops
On the
Other side of
This wall
Brave soldiers
Have died
So others
May live
What make
This banner wave,
Beyond these battlefields
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Burton Avatar
May 23, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Powerful and short, is all that is needed. Enjoyed and have a great day.
Devonshire Avatar
May 22, 2009 at 6:31 PM
A fine tribute to the men and women who fight to protect our freedom, Gregory.
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