Simple Prayers Work

4 Responses to Simple Prayers Work

1. Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says:

   March 28, 2019 at 12:15 am

   This, dear God, is all I’ve got:
   Get me out of here!
   You know how very hard I’ve fought
   and now I can’t get clear.
   Roll Dustoff and the QRF,
   for Pete’s sake, roll the world!
   All I see ’round me is death
   and Taliban flags unfurled.
   And now they’re coming up the hill
   and everything’s too late.
   It’s time, now for one last kill,
   and I will meet my fate.
   Give my pos to div arty
   and fire for effect – on me.

   Dustoff – medical evac by heli
   QRF – quick reaction force
   pos – position, given in map coordinate
   div arty – division artillery
   fire for effect – fire a given number of rounds on a known position
   • Shirlee Abbott says:

     March 28, 2019 at 1:56 am

     I am honored that your wise and poetic words grace my website. Can I make a request, Andrew? I’d like to see the poem you plan to recite upon your arrival at heaven’s gate. They say you can’t take it with you–surely that doesn’t apply to well chosen words. Bless your soul!
     • Andrew Budek-Schmeisser says:

       March 29, 2019 at 12:29 am

       Shirlee, yes. This is it – not my words, but those of Henry Lee, who died a Japanese prisoner just before the end of WW2.

       This is my witness, for a man far, far better than I could ever hope to be.

       ‘Fighting On – a poem by Henry Lee’

       I see no gleam of victory alluring
       No chance of splendid booty or of gain
       If I endure – I must go on enduring
       And my reward for bearing pain – is pain
       Yet, though the thrill, the zest, the hope are gone
       Something within me keeps me fighting on.

       If my words mean anything, Snirlee, it is because I stand on giants’ shoulders.
2. Shirlee Abbott says:

   March 29, 2019 at 9:28 am

   No, Andrew, you are one of the giants. Others will stand on your shoulders.

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