No Warrior Needs To Be Asked To Pray

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Viet Nam Pieces

Never should he stand when it means he is a target, standing;
help him dream of friends and fellows gone, from memory fading;
loveliness he cannot remember, awful scenes his mind can't forget;
a lone sentry's memory will ever know, in Peace comes Evil's death.
Once baptized - immersed - in blood, hate, bullet-trace, fear and calm;
Never make the sacrifice that only Christ could make, alone.
O, pray for Peace to reign in the warriors' hearts,
and pray that war will never again start.
No Warrior needs to be asked to pray.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Things sometimes are too deeply felt and held for any amount of time to assuage.

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