We may not know how free we are and secure in our daily life.

Away from plagues and famine

Away from terror and strife.

Well, it's a soldier who makes it happen.

He goes bravely to fight for you.

It's that lone soldier who makes it happen.

He holds fast to the red white and blue.

So keep his memory in you heart.

For again he is in harms way.

Say a prayer for his devotion

To keep you free for another day.

Jean Sanders

(Reprinted here with her permission)