Three Patches

codes: poem, Columbia
by Jack C Lipton
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A plaque with three patches
reminders of those we've lost
to live seeking in the light
yet crying in the dark

hopes and dreams fly yet
carried in courageous hearts
for the multitudes fear the future
and few are those with sight

life is not for faint of heart
ne'er death a threat to life
for a life lived safe is sterile
courage makes our death defied

a life you'd gladly give
is never taken it is true
such charity is how the race lives
extinction fought anew

for we love those who lead us
into frontiers death does hold
management here may deny us
yet leaders walk before they're told

whose life is it on the line
is it mine or is it yours?
gladly they go in to that breach
and hold it for our souls

fear not for their safety
for it's theirs to fear not ours
they push back against the night
for me and you and theirs.


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