Sunset Vigil The news is spread far and wide Another comrade has sadly died A sunset vigil upon the sand As a soldier leaves this foreign land We stand alone, and yet as one In the fading light of a setting sun We’ve all gathered to say goodbye To our fallen comrade who’s set to fly The eulogy’s read about their life Sometimes with words from pals or wife We all know when the CO’s done What kind of soldier they’d become The padre then calls us all to pray The bugler has Last Post to play The cannon roars and belches flame We will recall, with pride, their name A minute’s silence stood in place As tears roll down the hardest face deafening silence fills the air With each of us in personal prayer Reveille sounds and the parade is done The hero remembered, forgotten by none They leave to start the journey back In a coffin draped in the Union Jack Sgt Andy McFarlane, 2009 British soldier in Afghanistan
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:28:00 +0000
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