The Call

The Call

One day within your heart
There came a distinct call
Your country, it did seem
Needed you, needed your all

From high school halls to Ivy walls
The call is much the same
Join forces to defend
And protect your country’s name

You stepped up to the line
Chose the path you would take
You did this free of will
And ne’er did you hesitate

Be it in a time of peace
Or during the strife of war
You set aside civilian life
Entered the world, took your tour

Then the time it did come
To home and kin you returned
But the visions and sounds
In your heart they are burned

Brave and proud you stayed your ground
You did not waiver, did not fall
Standing here this day and this hour
Because you chose to hear the call.

November 9, 2010

© DL Bach