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Bury Me With Soldiers, Please

A Poem by Father Charles Fink

 

I've played a lot of roles in life; I've met a lot of men.

I've done some things I'd like to think I wouldn't do again.

 

And though I'm young, I'm old enough to know someday I'll die,

And to think what lies beyond, beside whom I would lie.

 

Perhaps it doesn't matter much; still, if I had my choice,

I'd want a grave 'mongst soldiers when at last death quells my voice.

 

I'm sick of the hypocrisy of lectures of the wise.

I'll take the man, with all the flaws, who goes, though scared, and dies.

 

The troops I knew were commonplace, they didn't want the war

They fought because their fathers and their fathers had before.

 

They cursed and killed and wept...God knows they're easy to deride,

But bury me with men like these, they faced the guns and died.

 

It's funny when you think of it, the way we got along.

We'd come from different worlds to live in one where no one belongs.

 

I didn't even like them all; I'm sure they would all agree.

Yet I would give my life for them, I know some did for me.

 

So bury me with soldiers, please, though much maligned they be.

Yes, bury me with soldiers, for I miss their company.

 

We'll not soon see their likes again; we've had our fill of war.

But bury me with men like them ‘til someone else does more.

 

Prayer for our Soldiers

Our Father, we pray you hold our troops in your loving hands.  Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need

October 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments (0)

So heavenly minded you are no earthly good?

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