Poetry

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A CALLING FILLED WITH DIGNITY
RESPECT THAT STANDS ALONE

NO WRITTEN WORD CAN DARE DESCRIBE
THE COURAGE YOU HAVE SHOWN

UNSHAKEN IN THE FACE OF FEAR
OUR LIVES YOU WILL DEFEND

YOU BEAR THE HEAT AND FIGHT THE FLAMES
RELENTLESS ‘TIL THE END

AGAIN YOU STAND TRIUMPHANT
SMOKE LINGERS IN YOUR EYES

YOU’VE ANSWERED, ONCE AGAIN, THE CALL
OF OUR DESPAIRING CRIES

SEPTEMBER WAS NO DIFFERENT
YOU DID NOT TURN AWAY

YOU RAN TO FACE OUR ENEMY
AND KEEP US FROM HARM’S WAY

YOU KNEW PURE EVIL STRUCK THE MATCH
AND TERROR LACED THE FLAMES

BUT NOTHING COULD PERSUADE YOU
FROM CALLING OUT OUR NAMES

YOU FOUGHT WITH CHIVALRY AND STRENGTH
WITH BLOOD, WITH SWEAT AND TEARS

YOU FOUGHT WITH HONOR, SURE TO BE
REMEMBERED THROUGH THE YEARS

WE LOVE YOU AND WE HONOR YOU
WITH PRIDE WE SPEAK YOUR NAME

FOR ON THIS DAY OF DARK DESPAIR
GOD USED YOU AS HIS FLAME

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