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once more unto the breach
headlong into the cruel
gnashing teeth of calamity
knowing the intimate feel of real fear
that no coward
has ever once touched
armed with steely resolve
to protect and defend
they bend back the instinct
for self-preservation
re-aiming it outward
reshaping it into the noblest of tools
for the rescue of victims
as peril surrounds them
with bullets or flames
with temblors or floods
they give succor to innocents
saving with even but one hapless soul
all the essence
of fellow humanity
Poesy plus Polemics 
Very nicely said my friend! beautiful post!
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I thank you on their behalf
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It moved me, as I’m certain it did others. You’re welcome.
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Thank you foe writing a poem for the real heroes. Men and women who risk their life everyday for us.
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couldn’t agree more
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Reverently good and powerfully affirming of selfless courage and commitment–is this one included in your book?
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I thank you on their behalf – no, this one’s not in the book
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Brilliant words as always, we saw everything here as it happened and all services. We experienced the Bali bombings. They were devastating and heart wrenching. I feel for everyone involved and everyone in the services
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these tragedies threaten the whole world and we are all diminished with every one
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thanks for reading and commenting
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Wonderful poem Paul.
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thank you kindly
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Reblogged this on Poesy plus Polemics.
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Even without the image – in fact this doesn’t need said image – the poem paints its own powerful, disturbing, brave-heart message with words that honour. No second guessing what it is about.
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we owe them a great deal – my son among them
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I’m struck today by the last 3 lines, that the essence of humanity might exist, be worth saving, in even one soul. Majestic.
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I believe it to be so
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Reblogged this on OUR POETRY CORNER.
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