Warrior of the Ages

He is the warrior of the ages
He looks to his leaders
For direction
And control.
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He was raised the way he is
To believe in God and Country
His Country
Right or Wrong.
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He trusts his government
To direct him right,
But he don’t care
He just loves to fight.
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For Duty and Honor
The Glory part he mostly forgets
When the bullets start to fly,
But he will not let his comrades down.
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His first firefight is like
The first time he was drunk
Swore he would never
Do that again,
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But yet he raised this cup
Again and again
Drinking and fighting
Is the name of his game.
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Though in time he may
Put his cup down
He will never lay down arms,
For he will fight till the end of time.
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It is in his genes,
Passed down from
Time in memorial
He was bread to fight.
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He will find a way to believe
His side is right,
And even if he don’t
He will fight.
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He loves it,
He may regret it later,
May stress and dream
Bad dreams.
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But mostly he does not,
He will not change
No mater how many
Songs are sung.
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Saying that he
Is the Universal Soldier
And he really is
The one to blame.
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Rexx

Time Marches On

The wind blows
Or it don’t
Time marches on.
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Rain falls
Or it don’t
Time marches on.
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The sun shines
Or it don't
Time marches on.
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You like today
Or you don’t
Time marches on.
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To the beat of a drummer
Or not
Time marches on.
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Day after day
Year after year
Time marches on.
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From childhood
To adulthood
Time marches on.
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In the morning
On all four
Time marches on.
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Then on two legs
We pass the day as
Time marches on.
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At the end of the day
With a cane, three legs
Time marches on.
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Until six carry us
To our grave as
Time marches on.
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It is given
One day at a time as
Time marches on.
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Some are allotted a few
Other many
Time marches on.
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Make important what you will
Just remember
Time marches on.
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©
Rexx

Time Is

Time

Not relentless and cruel
Not kind and generous
Time just is.
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Duration
Between events
No more, no less.
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One rule
Forever forward
Never backwards.
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No more then this
No less than that
A tick for each tock
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Fast or slow
All depends
Upon the endured.
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Enduring time
Brings age
And nothing is ageless.
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Beyond time
Outside of time
Cannot be conceived.
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For unlike in space
All that is
Is in time.
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That which was of old
May become the new
Time and time again,
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Changed
And rearranged
Not recognized as the same.
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As the Preacher
Said,
“There is nothing new under the sun”.
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Rexx