Rank and File

Where there is a brave man, in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor.

During the Normandy Allied Invasion, a Scottish Piper played his

bagpipes walking upright while the carnage erupted. He later asked

captured German prisoners why they hadn't shot him. They said

they thought he was crazy.

off in the closing distance of fate

i hear the bagpipes

i feel the percussion

battle lines are drawn

save me a place

it's worth everything

Author's Note

"What a battle a man must fight everywhere to maintain his standing army of thoughts, and march with them in orderly array through the always hostile country! How many enemies there are to sane thinking! Every soldier has succumbed to them before he enlists for those other battles." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Mk.t.g]

Wonderfully composed, Pete! Thanks for providing a clear backstory!
Mk.t.g