Soldier's Poet. I Am the Eternal Soldier

I have traveled ancient portals through times of love and hate,
And I have fought on fields of battle and shared Achilles' fate.

I held the pass at Thermopayle, with Leonidas at my side,
And when the Persians won the day, the Gods of Sparta cried.

I stood with Alexander on the shores of distant lands,
I have held the lives of many in my coarse and bloody hands.

I marched the roads with Caesar, and by his side I cried,
When Brutus thrust his fateful blade, and Caesar's vision died.

When barbarians stormed the gates of Rome, and plundered Caesar's land,
I stood my post on the burning walls, a weapon in my hand.

I have traveled ancient portals, through times of fear and more,
For I am the eternal soldier, doomed to fight in every war.

I fought with a man of royal birth, King Richard was his name,
We held the walls of Jerusalem, and earned eternal fame.

I bled with Wallace at Falkirk, and King Henry at Agincourt,
For I am the eternal soldier, doomed to fight forever more.

I sailed with the Spanish Armada on the rough and windy seas,
In our quest for vengeance to bring Britain to her knees.

I stood with a man called Washington, and without a soldier's fee,
For we fought for a patriotic cause, to make his country free.

I have traveled ancient portals through times of strife and dread,
I held the hand of Marie Antoinette when she lost her pretty head.

I stood with Lee at Gettysburg and with Teddy on San Juan Hill,
For I am the eternal soldier and have a calling to fulfill.

In America's western lands, I fought to keep my people free,
From the roaring guns and slashing sabers, of the US Calvary.

I was with the French at Chateau Thierry and the Germans at Verdun,
And I stood on the beaches of Normandy, and watched the Nazis run.

With the Marines on island sands I stood my ground and bled,
And at the Chosin Reservoir another life was shed.

I fought against the Viet Cong in the Tet of 68,
and against the American's at Khe Sanh where I met a bloody fate.

I have traveled ancient portals, through times of fear and more,
For I am the eternal soldier, doomed to fight in every war.