<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><h1 class="entry-title fn poem-title-space" itemprop="name" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.75rem; padding: 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-size: 2rem; font-family: Aleo, Georgia, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.0625; clear: left; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">For A Soldier</h1><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Author unknown</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; line-height: 18pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">When you wake up in the morning or stay up nights on end,<br>Know that your sister is here till the very end.<br>When you gather your equipment and grasp your gun,<br>Know that you're loved, brother, uncle, son.<br><br>When you think of the memories we all shared before,<br>Think of the future and know that there'll be more.<br>When you look at pictures and see your wife,<br>I want you to smile brother because she is your life.<br><br>When you're hurting inside 'cause you think you've done wrong,<br>Lift your head up and remember you're strong.<br>When you fire your weapon and see injuries dead,<br>Please hold on tight; don't let it go to your head<br><br>When you leave from there and you're packed for home,<br>I want you to think back and know you weren't alone.<br>When you see us and we hold you tight,<br>I will smile and tell you that you held up a fight.<br><br>Be strong; I know you can do this.<br>Because when this is over, your life will be full of bliss.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></body></html>