Upon hearing of the death of Pat Tillman, I feel compelled to offer the following poem as a tribute and a salute...
Legacy
Listen closely, let us hear
Silent voices make their sound;
Those we've come to hold so dear,
Took their stand on fallen ground:
Twas our precious lives we gave
For our home from sea to sea;
Died so freedom might be saved,
And for you....a legacy.
Will you hear our call and heed?
And for others learn to live?
Won't you learn how to receive
Only as you choose to give?
Take each other by the hand?
Let your hearts and deeds embrace
Freedom's gift throughout the land?
Fight good fights?....Run the race?
Freedom's gift and freedom's price,
Surely you will come to claim;
Legacy will then suffice,
And we'll not haave died in vain.
Let theirs be our legacy,
As to God, we pray and sing:
Bless our land from sea to sea...
Let Your precious freedom ring!
~ by step
Offered as a healing embrace along with my prayers for contiuned healing in these difficult times...
Step
Vietnam Veteran, USMC
Legacy
Listen closely, let us hear
Silent voices make their sound;
Those we've come to hold so dear,
Took their stand on fallen ground:
Twas our precious lives we gave
For our home from sea to sea;
Died so freedom might be saved,
And for you....a legacy.
Will you hear our call and heed?
And for others learn to live?
Won't you learn how to receive
Only as you choose to give?
Take each other by the hand?
Let your hearts and deeds embrace
Freedom's gift throughout the land?
Fight good fights?....Run the race?
Freedom's gift and freedom's price,
Surely you will come to claim;
Legacy will then suffice,
And we'll not haave died in vain.
Let theirs be our legacy,
As to God, we pray and sing:
Bless our land from sea to sea...
Let Your precious freedom ring!
~ by step
Offered as a healing embrace along with my prayers for contiuned healing in these difficult times...
Step
Vietnam Veteran, USMC
