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The Demon Uncommon country as flag
A warrior's a demon
A citizen most uncommon
Who wears his patriotism on his sleeve
To bear the cost of freedom his homeland will leave
This sworn enemy of tyrants
This antagonist's bane of despots.
He takes up arms at his country's clarion call
Trumpets sounding loud and clear for the rights of all
To write a solemn oath with his blood
To face-off with evil beside fraternal brotherhood.

The warrior is mankind's uncommon savior
Taking on the mantle of a Christian soldier
Going where darkness of evil-doers bedight
Vowing to bring to the world new light
Valuing above all sacred liberty in justice
Through his sacrifice to combat greed born avarice
To give to the downtrodden the gift of choice
Free speech to proclaim freedom's voice
Loosening bonds of neighbors fettered
Breaking chains by despot's shackled.

Gallant warriors for mankind
Face foul oppressors with an axe to grind
Put all life and existence on the line
To contend with the spurious adulterine
To suffer dehumanizing inanities
Death in the muck, mud and blood insanities
Forging through war's egregious humilities
This warrior demon pondering the question, why...
So others will endure no more the dictator's lie
Forlornly at the hand of terrorists die.
By Gary Jacobson
Copyright 2009
Listed October 23, 2010

About Author... In 1966-67, Gary Jacobson served with B Co 2nd/7th 1st Air Cavalry in Vietnam as a combat infantryman and is the recipient of the Purple Heart.

Gary, who resides in Idaho writes stories he hopes are never forgotten, perhaps compelled by a Vietnamese legend that says, "All poets are full of silver threads that rise inside them as the moon grows large." So Gary says he writes because "It is that these silver threads are words poking at me � I must let them out. I must! I write for my brothers who cannot bear to talk of what they've seen and to educate those who haven't the foggiest idea about the effect that the horrors of war have on boys-next-door."

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