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<blockquote data-quote="chathu456" data-source="post: 4424474" data-attributes="member: 6643"><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">"They never wanted me around,</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Except to calm their fears."................read on</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: DarkSlateGray"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The soldier stood and faced God,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Which must always come to pass.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>He hoped his shoes were shining,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Just as brightly as his brass.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>'Step forward now, you soldier,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>How shall I deal with you ?</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Have you always turned the other cheek ?</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>To My Church have you been true?' </strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6553/12278075.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>The soldier squared his shoulders and said,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Because those of us who carry guns,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Can't always be a saint.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>I've had to work most Sundays,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>And at times my talk was tough.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>And sometimes I've been violent,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Because the world is awfully rough. </strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7066/90010656.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>But, I never took a penny,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>That wasn't mine to keep...</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Though I worked a lot of overtime,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>When the bills got just too steep.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>And I never passed a cry for help,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Though at times I shook with fear.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>And sometimes, God, forgive me,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>I've wept unmanly tears. </strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9138/38403437.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>I know I don't deserve a place,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Among the people here..</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>They never wanted me around,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Except to calm their fears.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>If you've a place for me here, Lord,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>It needn't be so grand.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>I never expected or had too much,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>But if you don't, I'll understand. </strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong><img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9352/85946761.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>There was a silence all around the throne,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Where the saints had often trod.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>As the soldier waited quietly,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>For the judgment of his God.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong></strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>'Step forward now, you soldier,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>You've borne your burdens well.</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="color: Navy"><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>You've done your time in Hell.'</strong></span></span></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></p></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><img src="http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7602/79868074.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> It's the Military, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the Press..</p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> It's the Military, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of Speech.</p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> It's the Military, not the politicians that ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.</p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: Red"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> It's the Military who salutes The flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by The flag. </p><p></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4913/26834063.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: DarkOrchid">P.S: This is a mail i got n just thought of sharing with u.. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy :)" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy :)" data-shortname=":)" /> </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chathu456, post: 4424474, member: 6643"] [COLOR="DarkSlateGray"][B][SIZE="5"]"They never wanted me around, Except to calm their fears."................read on[/SIZE][/B] [/COLOR] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][CENTER][COLOR="Navy"][SIZE="5"][B]The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. 'Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you ? Have you always turned the other cheek ? To My Church have you been true?' [IMG]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6553/12278075.jpg[/IMG] The soldier squared his shoulders and said, 'No, Lord, I guess I ain't. Because those of us who carry guns, Can't always be a saint. I've had to work most Sundays, And at times my talk was tough. And sometimes I've been violent, Because the world is awfully rough. [IMG]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/7066/90010656.jpg[/IMG] But, I never took a penny, That wasn't mine to keep... Though I worked a lot of overtime, When the bills got just too steep. And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear. And sometimes, God, forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears. [IMG]http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9138/38403437.jpg[/IMG] I know I don't deserve a place, Among the people here.. They never wanted me around, Except to calm their fears. If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand. I never expected or had too much, But if you don't, I'll understand. [IMG]http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9352/85946761.jpg[/IMG] There was a silence all around the throne, Where the saints had often trod. As the soldier waited quietly, For the judgment of his God. 'Step forward now, you soldier, You've borne your burdens well. Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell.'[/B][/SIZE][/COLOR] [IMG]http://img365.imageshack.us/img365/7602/79868074.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/FONT] [SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"] [CENTER] It's the Military, not the reporter who has given us the freedom of the Press.. It's the Military, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of Speech. It's the Military, not the politicians that ensures our right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. It's the Military who salutes The flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by The flag. [/CENTER][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [CENTER][IMG]http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4913/26834063.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [COLOR="DarkOrchid"]P.S: This is a mail i got n just thought of sharing with u.. :) :) [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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