WE THE PEOPLE of the United States are the American Militia
We are the ultimate first responders
We confront the criminal, the weather event, the catastrophe
We as law abiding citizens own the Arms to save lives
While waiting for needed, professional first responders
We as American Militia may assist our professional
Law Enforcement Officers who confront
The challenges to life
With their lives
For our lives
We are eternally grateful and indebted to them:
OUR HEROS
Blessings on the faithful few
Who know exactly what to do
When crisis strikes, my friend,
They will be first to defend.
For the majority will crumble
Some will merely grumble
While ignoring the situation
They will be quite mistaken!
Written April 9, 2022
Pioneers are frontier first responders,
More afraid of becoming than risking.
After a boundary is breached, the dice rolled,
Or a solution envisioned, come the sequiturs,
Each with enhancements for the thesis
To shade its sun and tame its winds
With their strictures of stasis.
Pioneers wither under conditions of such certainty.
He had known despair before,
The depths to which it plunged his faith.
Still, His grace lived within his core,
Heaven, he could reach.
Driven, he had borne the fight,
His honor drove him on.
He raised his eyes with Him in sight,
Heaven, he could reach.
Grace showed him so much more
Than hate and fear and dread.
It bore him toward that shining door.
Heaven, he could reach.
Covid19 Heroes
to all the health care providers
law enforcement workers
bus drivers
grocery clerks
and other essential workers
who are working 24/7
to keep us safe
there are no words
for us to express
our heartfelt thanks
to the heroes
that are saving our lives
24/7 every day
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