Another Shield Has Fallen

  • Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Grief may cause the ranks of blue
To bite their trembling lip
Allow firm gaze to
Keep their tears at bay

White gloved hands, folded flag
Badges striped with black
A last Radio call
Fades away

A haunting wail of bagpipe
Drones Amazing Grace
A three shot volley echoes thru the stones
Our Lord has called another hero home

A rose was placed upon a grave
Amid the marble stones
A mournful dirge of taps playing slow
Unending seem these many days of woe

James A. Bolt
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