Candle Light Vigil

The room was still as they read the psalm
The light from candle to candle leapt;
The names of the dead called, one by one.
And beside me the warrior wept.

The price of freedom is paid in lives
And redeemed in the promises kept,
Promises made to those who have died.
And beside me the warrior wept.

The friends he knew, who fought at his side,
Friends forever from his life now swept;
They’re more than names on DOD’s list.
And beside me the warrior wept.

Burned by the sun, by the sand and war,
By such things as the mind can’t accept,
He stood and shouldered the promises made
Then beside me he no longer wept.

Buffaloes!

We lost 7 more fine men from the 1/17 this week.
Staff Sgt. Luis M. Gonzalez, 27, of South Ozone Park, N.Y.
Sgt. Fernando Delarosa, 24, of Alamo, Texas.
Sgt. Dale R. Griffin, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind.
Sgt. Issac B. Jackson, 27, of Plattsburg, Mo.
Sgt. Patrick O. Williamson, 24, of Broussard, La.
Spc. Jared D. Stanker, 22, of Evergreen Park, Ill.
Pfc. Christopher I. Walz, 25, of Vancouver, Wash.